Carcinoma

What is carcinoma of unknown primary?
Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found somewhere in the body, but the place where they first started growing (the origin or primary site) cannot be found.
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Carcinoma, Merkel cell: An infrequent but highly malignant type of skin cancer.
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Small cell carcinoma, also called oat cell carcinoma, can create its own hormones, which alter body chemistry.
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Carcinoma in situ describes a cancer in the very earliest stage. At this point, the cancer is quite small and has not invaded the tissues around it.
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Adenocarcinoma of the lung is a type of lung cancer.
Like other cancers, adenocarcinoma is the growth of abnormal cells. These cancerous cells multiply out of control, and form a tumor. As the tumor grows, it destroys parts of the lung.
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Adenocarcinoma - Chest X-Ray
This chest X-ray shows adenocarcinoma of the lung. There is a rounded light spot in the right upper lung (left side of the picture) at the level of the second rib.
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Thyroid carcinoma is a cancer that occurs in the thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland that is located in the neck, just below the Adam's apple. The thyroid gland makes and stores hormones that regulate growth and development in childhood.
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PAPILLARY CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID - The most common thyroid cancer and usually affects women of child-bearing age.
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Renal cell carcinoma
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Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare type of cancer that develops on or just beneath the skin and in hair follicles. It is also called neuroendocrine cancer of the skin because it arises from hormone-producing cells that resemble nerve cells.
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Gorlin syndrome - also known as nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome - causes a variety of problems, mostly affecting the skin and connective tissues.
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Carcinoma; Malignant tumor
Definition
The uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells which have mutated from normal tissues.
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Carcinoma of the thyroid gland is an uncommon cancer but is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system. Differentiated tumors (papillary or follicular) are highly treatable and usually curable.
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Carcinomas (cancerous tumors) in the superior pulmonary sulcus produce the Pancoast syndrome, which is characterized by pain in the shoulder and along the inner side of the arm and hand.
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CARCINOMA: A malignant tumor.
CARDIOMYOPATHY: A disease of the heart muscles.
CARNITINE: A compound involved in transferring fatty acids across mitochondrial membranes.
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carcinoma in situ (KAR-si-NO-ma in SYE-too)
Cancer that involves only the cells in which it began and that has not spread to nearby tissues.
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CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA - Malignant tumor that arises from bile ducts or ductules.
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Basal cell carcinoma affects the skin's basal layer and has the potential to grow progressively larger in size, although it rarely spreads to distant areas (metastasizes).
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Basal cell carcinoma: This is the most common type, and the slowest growing. It does not spread until it has been present for a number of years. It is an ulcer-like growth which spreads very slowly.
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Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Approximately half of anal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas, which arise from the cells lining the anal margin and the anal canal.
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Carcinoma; Malignant tumor
Causes And Risk:
There are at least 200 different kinds of cancers. They can develop in almost any organ, fluid, or tissue. Some cancers affect blood cells, some affect skin; others affect bone, muscle, or nerve tissue.
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pancreas accessorium; pancreas, artificial; pancreas divisum; pancreas minus; pancreas transplantation; pancreat-; pancreatalgia; pancreatectomy; pancreatemphraxis; pancreatic; pancreatic abscess; pancreatic acinar cell; pancreatic adenocarcinoma; ...
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Carcinoma A type of cancer that starts in the skin or the lining of organs. Adenocarcinoma A malignant tumor arising from glandular tissue. Basal cell carcinoma The most common type of skin cancer.
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Basal cell carcinoma (skin cancer)
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Her son had renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer), which had spread to his liver and lungs. He was recently discharged from the hospital and was given a very poor prognosis (two to three weeks to live).
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Many authors have found an increased risk for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Except in anecdotal reports, malignant melanoma had not been observed in patients treated with PUVA until recently. In the U.S.A.
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Orphan drug designation for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma granted in March 2000. Approved in several overseas markets; investigational in the U.S.
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To identify tumor suppressor loci, we have completed an allelic deletion map of small cell lung carcinomas, and are commencing on a similar map for non-sm~ cell lung cancers.
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The next most common skin cancer is squamous cell carcinoma, which will affect 100,000 people this year, predominantly those over 60. These growths are reddish or pink in color and appear as raised, irregularly shaped scaly or ulcerated nodules.
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There are three types of skin cancer, explain CRUK - basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma.
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basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma), but it is more likely to spread (metastasize) via cells that break away from the original tumor, travel through the blood or lymphatic vessels, and grow within other parts of the body.
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Figure 1.6. Basal cell carcinoma, low-grade malignant tumor of skin on side of nose. It is a non-healing, crater-like ulcer with rolled margins.
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Living more than 5 years with metastatic cancer to the lungs is uncommon. Rarely, patients with certain types of cancer (sarcoma, renal cell carcinoma, bladder cancer, colon cancer, or melanoma) that has only spread a limited amount to the lung can ...
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The most common malignant tumor of the hand and wrist is squamous cell carcinoma. If you have been diagnosed with cancer or if malignancy is suspected in the hand or wrist, an extensive set of medical protocols is normally undertaken.
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