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  2. Nabothian cyst - Wikipedia

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    Nabothian cysts usually require no treatment and frequently resolve on their own. [4] Cryotherapy has been used to treat nabothian cysts but is rarely necessary. [4] Very rarely a cyst may be so large that it prevents a clinician from performing a pap smear, in which case the clinician may puncture the cyst with a needle and drain it. [4]

  3. Corpus luteum cyst - Wikipedia

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    A corpus luteum cyst or luteal cyst is a type of ovarian cyst which may rupture about the time of menstruation, and take up to three months to disappear entirely. A corpus luteum cyst does not often occur in women over the age of 50, because eggs are no longer being released after menopause. Corpus luteum cysts may contain blood and other fluids.

  4. Radiation therapy - Wikipedia

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    Most side effects are predictable and expected. Side effects from radiation are usually limited to the area of the patient's body that is under treatment. Side effects are dose-dependent; for example, higher doses of head and neck radiation can be associated with cardiovascular complications, thyroid dysfunction, and pituitary axis dysfunction ...

  5. Theca lutein cyst - Wikipedia

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    Theca lutein cysts with diameters over 6 cm in size can be seen through these imaging modalities. [18] Benign ovarian cysts and complex cysts that are potentially malignant are distinguishable via ultrasounds. [19] Labs are also collected to evaluate leukocytes and tumor markers, such as beta-hCG and cancer antigen 125 (CA125). [20]

  6. Heavy menstrual bleeding - Wikipedia

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    The treatment choices of those referred to hospital in the UK for heavy menstrual bleeding. [20] The first line treatment option for those with HMB and no identified pathology, fibroids less than 3 cm in diameter, and/or suspected or confirmed adenomyosis is the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS). [16]

  7. Proton therapy - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, proton therapy, or proton radiotherapy, is a type of particle therapy that uses a beam of protons to irradiate diseased tissue, most often to treat cancer.The chief advantage of proton therapy over other types of external beam radiotherapy is that the dose of protons is deposited over a narrow range of depth; hence in minimal entry, exit, or scattered radiation dose to healthy ...

  8. Interventional oncology - Wikipedia

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    IO treatments may be also offered in combination with any of the above oncological therapies in order to augment the therapeutic outcome in more complex or widespread (metastatic) cancer cases. There is a variety of applications of interventional oncological treatments for tumors that arise in the:

  9. Endometrial hyperplasia - Wikipedia

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    Endometrial hyperplasia is a condition of excessive proliferation of the cells of the endometrium, or inner lining of the uterus.. Most cases of endometrial hyperplasia result from high levels of estrogens, combined with insufficient levels of the progesterone-like hormones which ordinarily counteract estrogen's proliferative effects on this tissue.