Cancer-complex Disease

Cancer Slide 2 Cancer-complex Disease

Cancer Slide 2 Cancer-complex (i.e., sequence) Disease (i.e., illness, or morbus)

Regarding pancreatic cancer, we could point (i.e., punctum) out the following appropriate things. Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal (i.e., deviant) cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body (i.e., corpus) through the blood (i.e., haema) and lymph (i.e., lympha) systems. There are several main (i.e., hand) types of cancer. Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin (i.e., cutis) or in tissues that line (i.e., linea) or cover internal (i.e., internus) organs. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone (i.e., os), cartilage (i.e., cartilago, or chondrus), fat (i.e., adipose tissue), muscle (i.e., musculus, or see musculus), blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia (i.e., leukocytic sarcoma) is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow (i.e., medulla ossium), and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma (i.e., multiple myelomatosis, or myelomatosis multiplex) are cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system. Central nervous system (i.e., systema nervosum) cancers are cancers that begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal (i.e., rachial, or rachidial) cord (i.e., fasciculus, or funiculus). Also called malignancy. Pancreatic, having to do with the pancreas. Pancreatic cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found in the tissues of the pancreas. Pancreas is a glandular (i.e., glandulous) organ located in the abdomen (i.e., venter). It makes pancreatic juices, which check enzymes that aid in digestion, and it produces several hormones, including insulin. The pancreas is surrounded by the abdomen, intestines, and other organs. Malignant, cancerous. Malignant cells can invade and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body. Also called exocrine (i.e., eccrine) cancer.

  1. One can believe that, in certain malignant neoplastic diseases, such as pancreatic cancer, symptoms oftentimes do not start until the disease has reached an advanced stage.[2] Stage is the extent of a cancer in the body. Staging is usually based on the size of the tumor (i.e., neoplasm),
    whether lymph nodes contain cancer, and whether the cancer has spread from the
    original site (i.e., situs) to other parts of the body.

  2. It’s apparent that, Pancreatic Cancer Slideshow Symptoms, Stages, Prognosis, Causes, and Treatments.[3]
  3. For example, pancreatic cancer is called a silent disease because symptoms typically perform not present in the ahead of time stages.[3]
  4. It would appear that, unfortunately, with pancreatic cancer, the malignant cells usually have spread past the pancreas at the point of diagnosis.[3] Diagnosis is the
    process (i.e., processus) of identifying a disease, such as cancer, from its
    signs and symptoms.

Moreover, we are able to make the following findings regarding Cancer Slide 2 Cancer-complex Disease :

  • Seemingly, because genes come in pairs (one inherited from each parent), an inherited flaw in one copy will not lead to malignant neoplastic disease because the other normal copy is still functional.[1] Inherited,
    transmitted through genes that have been passed from parents to their
    offspring (children).

  • One can view (i.e., projection), slide thirty four Bacteria and Stomach (i.e., gaster, or ventriculus) Cancer.[1]
  • It seems to be, slide two Unlike Kinds of Cancer can be found here.[1]
  • It has been discovered that, slide thirty two Examples of Human Cancer Viruses is here.[1]
  • It would appear apparant that, slide thirty six Genetic
    endowment Can Affect Many Types of Cancer is discussed here.[1]

  • It seems that, slide twelve Ahead of time Cancer May Not Have Any Symptoms can be located here.[1]
  • Seemingly, included in this category are viruses implicated in cervical (i.e., cervicalis) malignant neoplastic disease, liver (i.e., hepar) malignant neoplastic disease, and certain lymphomas, leukemias, and sarcomas.[1] Liver is a large organ located in the upper abdomen. The liver cleanses the blood and aids (i.e., acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) in digestion by secreting bile (i.e., gall). Cervical, relating to the neck (i.e., cervix (i.e., neck, or cervix of uterus), or collum), or to the neck of any organ or structure (i.e., structura). Cervical lymph nodes are located in the neck. Cervical cancer refers to cancer of the uterine cervix, which is the lower (i.e., inferior, or lower tubercle), narrow end (the neck ) of the uterus (i.e., metra, or womb).
  • Seemingly, contact your health concern provider if you develop symptoms of cancer.[2]
  • It’s possible to believe that, symptoms of cancer depend on the type and location of the cancer.[2]
  • Seemingly, cancerous cells are also called malignant cells.[2]
  • It is clear that, some cancers may not have any symptoms at all.[2]
  • Finally, it’s possible to assume that, the surgery would involve procedures to facilitate lessen some of the symptoms and prevent certain problems related to the size of the cancerous masses.[3] Mass is in medicine, a swelling in the organic structure. It may be caused by the abnormal growth of cells, a vesicle (i.e., vesicula), hormonal changes, or an immune response. A mass may be benign (not malignant neoplastic disease) or malignant (cancer). Surgery is a procedure to remove or repair a part of
    the body or to find out whether disease is present. An operation.

Terminology

Hormonal

Pertaining to hormones.

Neoplasm

An abnormal tissue that grows by cellular proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease. Neoplasms show partial or complete lack of structural organization and functional coordination with the normal tissue, and usually form a distinct mass of tissue that may be either benign (benign tumor) or malignant (cancer)

Lymph

A clear, transparent, sometimes faintly yellow and slightly opalescent fluid that is collected from the tissues throughout the body, flows in the lymphatic vessels (through the lymph nodes), and is eventually added to the venous blood circulation. Lymph consists of a clear liquid portion, varying numbers of white blood cells (chiefly lymphocytes), and a few red blood cells

Slide

A rectangular glass plate on which an object to be examined under the microscope is placed.

Myelomatosis

A disease characterized by the occurrence of myeloma in various sites.

Exocrine

  1. Denoting glandular secretion delivered onto the body
    surface.

  2. Denoting a gland that secretes outwardly through
    excretory ducts

Spinal

  1. Relating to any spine or spinous process.
  2. Relating to the vertebral column

Nervous system

the entire nerve apparatus, composed of a central part (the brain and spinal cord) and a peripheral part (the cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, plexuses and peripheral nerves)

Adipose

Denoting fat.

Leukocytic

Pertaining to or characterized by leukocytes

Insulin

A polypeptide hormone, secreted by ???? cells in the islets of Langerhans, which promotes glucose use, protein synthesis, and the formation and storage of neutral lipids; available in various preparations including genetically engineered human insulin, which is currently favored. Insulin is used parenterally in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Gaster

Prominent part of wasp or ant abdomen, separated from the other body parts by a thin connecting segment

Immune system

an intricate complex of interrelated cellular, molecular, and genetic components that provides a defense, the immune response, against foreign organisms or substances and aberrant native cells.

Glandular

Relating to a gland

Tubercle

  1. A nodule, especially in an anatomic, not pathologic,
    sense.

  2. A circumscribed, rounded, solid elevation on the
    skin, mucous membrane, surface of an organ, or the surface of a bone, the
    latter giving attachment to a muscle or ligament.

  3. dentistry a small elevation arising on the surface of
    a tooth.

  4. A granulomatous lesion due to infection by
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although somewhat variable in size (0.5??????3 mm
    in diameter) and in the proportions of various histologic components,
    tubercle’s tend to be fairly well circumscribed, spheroid, firm lesions that
    usually consist of three irregularly outlined but moderately distinct zones 1)
    an inner focus of necrosis, coagulative at first, which then becomes caseous;
    2) a middle zone that consists of a fairly dense accumulation of large
    mononuclear phagocytes (macrophages), frequently arranged somewhat radially
    (with reference to the necrotic material) resembling an epithelium, and hence
    termed epithelioid cells; multinucleated giant cells of Langhans type may also
    be present; and 3) an outer zone of numerous lymphocytes, and a few monocytes
    and plasma cells. In instances in which healing has begun, a fourth zone of
    fibrous tissue may form at the periphery. Morphologically indistinguishable
    lesions may occur in diseases caused by other agents; many observers use the
    term nonspecifically, with reference to any such granuloma; other clinicians
    use tubercle only for tuberculous lesions, and then designate those of
    undetermined causes as epithelioid-cell granulomas

Cervix of uterus

the lower part of the uterus extending from the isthmus of the uterus into the vagina. It is divided into supravaginal and vaginal parts by its passage through the vaginal wall

Brain

That part of the central nervous system contained within the cranium.

Uterus

The hollow muscular organ in which the ootid is developed into the embryo and fetus; it is about 7.5-cm long in a nonpregnant woman; consists of a main portion (body) with an elongated lower part (cervix), at the extremity of which is the opening (external os). The upper rounded portion of the uterus, opposite the os, is the fundus, at each extremity of which is the horn marking the part where the uterine tube joins the uterus and through which the morula reaches the uterine cavity after leaving the uterine tube. The organ is passively supported in the pelvic cavity by the vagina and paracolpium and by the anteflexion and anteversion of the normal uterus, which places its mass superior to the bladder; it is actively supported by the tonic and phasic contraction of the muscles of the pelvic floor

Bile

Yellowish-brown or green fluid secreted by the liver and discharged into the duodenum, where it aids in the emulsification of fats, increases peristalsis, and retards putrefaction; contains sodium glycocholate and sodium taurocholate, cholesterol, biliverdin, bilirubin, mucus, fat, lecithin, and cells and cellular debris

Medulla

Any soft marrowlike structure, especially in the center of a part

Cartilage

A connective tissue characterized by its nonvascularity and firm consistency; consists of cells (chondrocytes), an interstitial matrix of fibers (collagen), and ground substance (proteoglycans). There are three kinds of cartilage hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage, and fibrocartilage. Nonvascular, resilient, flexible connective tissue found primarily in joints, the walls of the thorax, and tubular structures (larynx, air passages, and ears); makes up most of the skeleton in early fetal life, but is slowly replaced by bone. For a gross anatomic description, see cartilago and its subentries

Immune response

  1. any response of the immune system to an antigen
    including antibody production and/or cell-mediated immunity;

  2. the response of the immune system to an antigen
    (immunogen) that leads to the condition of induced sensitivity; the immune
    response to the initial antigenic exposure (primary immune response) is
    detectable, as a rule, only after a lag period of from several days to 2
    weeks; the immune response to a subsequent stimulus (secondary immune
    response) by the same antigen is more rapid than in the case of the primary
    immune response.

Sequence

  1. The succession, or following, of one thing, process,
    or event after another; in dysmorphology, a pattern of multiple anomalies
    derived from a single known or presumed prior anomaly or mechanical factor.

  2. The imposition of a paricular order on a number of
    items

Syndrome

The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, together constituting the picture of the disease.

Leukemia

Progressive proliferation of abnormal leukocytes found in hemopoietic tissues, other organs, and usually in the blood in increased numbers. Leukemia is classified by the dominant cell type, and by duration from onset to death. This occurs in acute leukemia within a few months in most cases, and is associated with acute symptoms including severe anemia, hemorrhages, and slight enlargement of lymph nodes or the spleen. The duration of chronic leukemia exceeds one year, with a gradual onset of symptoms of anemia or marked enlargement of spleen, liver, or lymph nodes

Bacteria

Plural of bacterium.

Neck

  1. Part of body by which the head is connected to the
    trunk, it extends from the base of the cranium to the top of the shoulders.

  2. In anatomy, any constricted portion having a fancied
    resemblance to the neck of an animal.

  3. The germinative portion of an adult tapeworm, that
    develops the segments or proglottids; the region of cestode segmentation
    behind the scolex

Cervix

Any necklike structure

Punctum

  1. The tip or end of a sharp process.
  2. A minute round spot differing in color or otherwise
    in appearance from the surrounding tissues.

  3. A point on the optic axis of an optic system

Myeloma

  1. A tumor composed of cells derived from hemopoietic
    tissues of the bone marrow.

  2. A plasma cell tumor.

Neoplastic

Pertaining to or characterized by neoplasia, or containing a neoplasm.

Venter

  1. One of the great cavities of the body.
  2. The uterus

Abdomen

The part of the trunk that lies between the thorax and the pelvis. The abdomen does not include the vertebral region posteriorly but is considered by some anatomists to include the pelvis (abdominopelvic cavity). It includes the greater part of the abdominal cavity (cavitas abdominis [TA]) and is divided by arbitrary planes into nine regions

Bone marrow

the soft, pulpy tissue filling the medullary cavities of bones, having a stroma of reticular fibers and cells; it differs in consistency by age and location

Malignancy

The property or condition of being malignant.

Immunodeficiency

A condition resulting from a defective immune mechanism; may be primary (due to a defect in the immune mechanism itself) or secondary (dependent on another disease process), specific (due to a defect in either the B-lymphocyte or the T-lymphocyte system, or both) or nonspecific (due to a defect in one or another component of the nonspecific immune mechanism the complement, properdin, or phagocytic system)

Gall

An excoriation or erosion

Lymphoma

Any neoplasm of lymphoid or reticuloendothelial tissues; in general use, synonymous with malignant lymphoma; present as apparently solid tumors composed of cells that appear primitive or resemble lymphocytes, plasma cells, or histiocytes. Lymphomas appear most frequently in the lymph nodes, spleen, or other normal sites of lymphoreticular cells; may invade other organs or manifest as leukemia. Lymphomas are now classified by histology, immunophenotype, and cytogenetic analysis, according to cell of orgin (B or T cells) and degree of maturation. The current World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lymphoid neoplasms is based on the Revised European-American Lymphoma (REAL) classification and effectively replaces older schemes such as the Working Formulation and Rappaport classification, which were based solely on morphology.

Ventriculus

The enlarged posterior portion of the mesenteron of the insect alimentary canal, in which digestion occurs

Cancerous

Relating to or pertaining to a malignant neoplasm, or being afflicted with such a process.

Liver

The largest gland of the body, lying beneath the diaphragm in the right hypochondrium and upper part of the epigastric region; it is of irregular shape and weighs from 1??????2 kg, or about one fortieth the weight of the body. As an exocrine gland, it secretes bile; it initially receives most absorbed nutrients through the portal vein; it detoxifies drugs and many exogeneous substances and is also of great importance in fat, carbohydrate, and protein metabolism; also stores glycogen

Medicine

  1. A drug.
  2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science
    concerned with disease in all its relations.

  3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those
    affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually
    requiring surgical intervention.

Malignant

  1. occurring in severe form, and frequently fatal;
    tending to become worse and leading to an ingravescent course.

  2. In reference to a neoplasm, having the property of
    locally invasive and destructive growth and metastasis.

Benign

Denoting the mild character of an illness or the nonmalignant character of a neoplasm.

Cervical

Relating to a neck, or cervix, in any sense

Genetic

Pertaining to genetics; genetical.

Uterine

Relating to the uterus.

Chondrus

The plant Chondrus crispus, Fucus crispus, or Gigartina mamillosa (family Gigartinaceae); a demulcent in chronic and intestinal disorders

Pancreas

An elongated lobulated retroperitoneal gland, devoid of a distinct capsule, extending from the concavity of the duodenum to the spleen; it consists of a flattened head within the duodenal concavity, a neck connecting the head and body, an elongated three-sided body extending transversely across the abdomen, and a tail in contact with the spleen. The gland secretes from its exocrine part pancreatic juice that is discharged into the intestine, and from its endocrine part the internal secretions insulin and glucagon.

Tumor

  1. Any swelling or tumefaction.
  2. One of the four signs of inflammation (t., calor,
    dolor, rubor) enunciated by Celsus

Staging

  1. The determination or classification of distinct
    phases or periods in the course of a disease or pathologic process.

  2. The determination of the specific extent of a disease
    process in an individual patient.

Nervous

  1. Relating to a nerve or the nerves.
  2. Easily excited or agitated; suffering from mental or
    emotional instability; tense or anxious.

  3. Formerly, denoting a temperament characterized by
    excessive mental and physical alertness, rapid pulse, excitability, often
    volubility, but not always fixity of purpose.

Vesicle

  1. A small bladder or bladderlike structure.
  2. A small ( less than 1.0 cm in diameter),
    circumscribed elevation of the skin containing fluid.

  3. A small sac containing liquid or gas.
  4. A closed structure surrounded by a single
    membrane.

  5. In fungi, the swollen apex of the conidiophore in
    Aspergillus and some Penicillium species, or the swollen apex of the
    sporangiophore in some zygomycetous species

Eccrine

Denoting the flow of sweat from skin glands unconnected to hair follicles

Complex

  1. An organized constellation of feelings, thoughts,
    perceptions, and memories that may be in part unconscious and may strongly
    influence associations and attitudes.

  2. In jungian psychology, a personification of an
    archetype from the collective unconscious, residing in the personal
    unconscious.

  3. chemistry the relatively stable combination of two or
    more compounds into a larger molecule without covalent binding.

  4. A composite of chemical or immunologic structures.
  5. A structural anatomic entity made up of three or more
    interrelated parts.

  6. In electroencephalography, a recognizable series of
    waveforms that typically recur at intervals.

  7. An informal term used to denote a group of individual
    structures known or believed to be related anatomically, embryologically, or
    physiologically

Sarcoma

A connective tissue neoplasm, usually highly malignant, formed by proliferation of mesodermal cells.

Related Material

  1. Understanding Cancer Series: Cancer – National Cancer Institute

  2. Cancer – PubMed Health

  3. Pancreatic Cancer Slideshow: Symptoms, Stages, Prognosis, Causes, and Treatments

Cancer

Cancer

Cancer

There shouldn’t be question regarding the particular relevancy associated with cancer on rectal, and skin (i.e., cutis). Rectal, by or having to perform with the rectum. The rectum is the last several inches of the large gut (i.e., intestine) closest to the anus (i.e., anal orifice).

With regard to rectal cancer, we candelineate the following related items. Rectal cancer, cancer that forms in the tissues of the rectum (the last several inches of the large bowel (i.e., intestine) closest to the anus).

  1. Apparently, the major advancement in the treatment of rectal cancer is total mesorectal excision (i.e., resection (i.e., microscopic section)) (TME), which involves complete removal of the tumour along with the mesorectal tissue which contains the lymphatics (i.e., lymph vessels, or under vessel).[2] Excision, removal by surgery. Tissue is a grouping or layer (i.e., panniculus) of cells that work together to perform a specific role. Cell is the individual unit that makes up the tissues of the body (i.e., corpus). All living things are made up of one or more cells.
  2. It would seem to be apparant that, rectal cancer can be divided into different groups discussed here in detail.[2]
  3. It’s possible to assume that, rectal cancer is notorious for small nodes (< five mm) that can harbor small metastasis (i.e., secondaries).[2] Metastasis is the spread of cancer from one section of the body to another. A tumor (i.e., neoplasm) formed by cells that have go around is called a metastatic tumor or a metastasis. Tumor is an abnormal (i.e., deviant) masses of tissue that results when cells divide more than they should or do not pass when they should. Tumors may be benign (not malignant neoplastic disease (i.e., illness, or morbus)), or malignant (malignant neoplastic disease). Malignant, cancerous. Malignant cells can infest and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the organic structure (i.e., structura). Likewise called tumour. The metastatic tumour contains cells that are like those in the original (primary) tumour. The plural descriptor of metastasis is metastases (meh-TAS-tuh-SEEZ). MM is the amount of a substance (i.e., substantia, or matter) equal to a one-thousandth of a mole (i.e., nevus, or nevus pigmentosus) (a measure of the amount of a substance). As well called millimole.

The following skin cancer items illustrate a higher amount of significance:

  1. It’s apparent that, tegument (i.e., integument, or integument) cancer can be prevented by staying in the shade, protecting yourself with a hat and shirt when in the sun, and using sunscreen.[1] Sunscreen is a substance that helps protect the skin from the sun’s harmful rays. Sunscreens reflect, absorb, and scatter both ultraviolet A and B radiation (i.e., radiatio) to provide protection (i.e., protective block) against both types of radiation. Using lotions, creams, or gels that contain sunscreens can help protect the skin from premature aging and damage that may lead to skin cancer. Skin cancer, cancer that forms in the tissues of the skin. There are several types of skin cancer. Skin cancer that forms in melanocytes (skin cells that make pigment) is called melanoma (i.e., malignant melanoma). Skin cancer that forms in the lower (i.e., inferior, or lower tube (i.e., tuba)rcle) part of the epidermis (i.e., cuticle, or cuticula) (the outer layer of the skin) is called basal (i.e., basalis) cell (i.e., basilar cell) carcinoma. Carcinoma, cancer that begins in the cutis (i.e., skin) or in tissues that line (i.e., linea) or concealment internal (i.e., internus) organs. Skin cancer that forms in squamous (i.e., scaly) cells (flat cells that form the surface (i.e., face, or facies) of the skin) is called squamous cell carcinoma. Skin cancer that forms in neuroendocrine cells (cells that release hormones in response to signals from the nervous system (i.e., systema) (i.e., systema nervosum)) is called neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. Most skin cancers form in older people on parts of the body exposed to the sun or in people who have weakened immune systems.
  2. It would appear that, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer.[5]

Cancer related findings contain, but aren’t limited to:

  • As an example, cancers are often referred to by terms that contain a prefix related to the cell type in which the cancer originated and a suffix such as –sarcoma, -carcinoma, or just -oma.[1] Cell type, describes the kinds of cells found in normal or malignant neoplastic disease tissue. The cell type is normally identified by looking under a microscope. Some examples of cell types are lymphocytes, melanocytes, and squamous cells. In malignant neoplastic disease, it is important to know the cell type in order to diagnose the cancer, plan treatment, and determine prognosis. Sarcoma is a cancer of the bone (i.e., os), cartilage (i.e., cartilago, or chondrus), adipose tissue (i.e., fat, or fatty tissue (i.e., adipose tissue)), muscle (i.e., musculus, or see musculus), blood (i.e., haema) vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
  • It looks that, cancer is a class of diseases characterized by out-of-control cell increment.[1]
  • Furthermore, cancer can be the outcome of a genetical predisposition that is inherited from family members.[1] Genetic, inherited; having to do with information that is passed from parents to offspring through genes in sperm (i.e., sperm cell, or spermatozoon) cell (i.e., sperm) and egg cells. Inherited, transmitted through genes that have been passed from parents to their materialization (children).
  • It could appear apparant that, if the tumor shrinks cursorily from chemotherapy or radiation therapy, the ideal healthy response of the body to controlling cancer does not have a prospect to occur.[3] Radiation therapy is the use of high-vigour radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, protons, and other sources to kill cancer cells and head (i.e., caput)-shrinker tumors. Radiation may come from a machine outside the body (external (i.e., externus)-beam irradiation therapy), or it may come from radioactive (i.e., radio-) material placed in the body near cancer cells (internal radiation therapy). Systemic radiation therapy uses a radioactive gist, such as a radiolabeled monoclonal antibody, that travels in the blood to tissues throughout the body. Likewise called irradiation and radiotherapy (i.e., radiation oncology). Chemotherapy, treatment with drugs that defeat cancer cells. Response is in medicine, an advance related to handling. Radiation, energy released in the form of particle or electromagnetic waves. Common sources of radiation include radon gas, cosmic rays from outer space (i.e., spatium), medical (i.e., medicinal, or medicinal) x-rays, and energy given off by a radioisotope (unstable form of a chemical element that releases radiation as it breaks down and becomes more stable).
  • It could appear apparant that, the formal stage of a malignant neoplastic disease does not change (i.e., shift) over time, even if the malignant neoplastic disease progresses.[4] Stage is the extent of a malignant neoplastic disease in the body. Staging is usually based on the sizing of the tumor, whether lymph nodes contain cancer, and whether the cancer has spread from the original site (i.e., situs) to other parts of the body.
  • One can assume that, higher stage cancers are ofttimes more advanced, but in many cases can even be treated successfully.[4]
  • It is clear that, colon malignant neoplastic disease is a malignancy that arises from the inner lining of the colon.[5] Malignancy is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Malignant cells can likewise spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main (i.e., hand) types of malignancy. Carcinoma is a malignancy that begins in the tegument or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a malignancy that begins in os, cartilage, fatty tissue, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia (i.e., leukocytic sarcoma) is a malignancy that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow (i.e., medulla ossium), and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and go into the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma (i.e., multiple myelomatosis, or myelomatosis multiplex) are malignancies that begin in the cells of the immune organisation. Central nervous organisation cancers are malignancies that begin in the tissues of the encephalon and spinal (i.e., rachial, or rachidial) cord (i.e., fasciculus, or funiculus). Likewise called malignant neoplastic disease. Colon is the longest part of the large intestine (i.e., bowel, or gut) (i.e., intestinum crassum), which is a tube-like organ connected to the little intestine at one end and the anus at the other. The colon removes h2o and some nutrients and electrolytes from partially digested nutrient. The remaining material, solid waste called fecal matter (i.e., substance), moves through the colon to the rectum and leaves the body through the anus.
  • It is often discovered that, pancreatic cancer has been called a silent disease because early pancreatic cancer usually does not cause symptoms.[5] Pancreatic, having to do with the pancreas. Pancreatic cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found in the tissues of the pancreas. Also called exocrine (i.e., eccrine) cancer.
  • Apparently, cancer is a leading causa of death (i.e., mors) worldwide.[5]
  • It’s apparent that, cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells anywhere.[5] Abnormal, not normal. Describes a state, condition, or behavior that is unusual or different from what is considered normal. An abnormal lesion or growth in or on the body may be benign (not cancer), precancerous (i.e., premalignant) or premalignant (i.e., precancerous) (likely to become cancer), or malignant (cancer).
  • It’s possible to conclude that, liver (i.e., hepar) malignant neoplastic disease is the fifth most common malignant neoplastic disease in the world and the majority of patients with liver cancer will die within one year as a result.[5] Liver is a big organ located in the upper abdomen (i.e., venter). The liver cleanses the blood and aids (i.e., acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) in digestion by secreting gall (i.e., bile, or nutgall). Liver cancer, primary liver malignant neoplastic disease is cancer that forms in the tissues of the liver. Secondary liver malignant neoplastic disease is malignant neoplastic disease that spreads to the liver from another part of the body.
  • One can notice, esophageal malignant neoplastic disease is a disease in which malignant cells form in the esophagus.[5] Esophageal, having to do with the esophagus, the muscular tube through which food passes from the throat (i.e., gullet) to the stomach (i.e., gaster, or ventriculus). Esophagus is the muscular electron tube through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach.
  • Finally, for example, early stages of kidney (i.e., ren, or nephros) malignant neoplastic disease do not normally show any symptoms.[6] Kidney, one of a couplet of organs in the abdomen. The kidneys remove waste and extra water (i.e., aromatic water) from the blood (as urine) and help maintain chemicals (such as sodium, potassium, and calcium) balanced in the body. The kidneys also make hormones that aid control blood pressure and stimulate os marrow to make red blood cells.

To conclude we are able to suggest that Cancer has an impact on rectal cancer.

Terminology

Neoplasm

An abnormal tissue that grows by cellular proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease. Neoplasms show partial or complete lack of structural organization and functional coordination with the normal tissue, and usually form a distinct mass of tissue that may be either benign (benign tumor) or malignant (cancer)

Mm

Abbreviation for millimolar.

Nevus

  1. A circumscribed malformation of the skin, especially if colored by hyperpigmentation or increased vascularity; a nevus may be predominantly epidermal, adnexal, melanocytic, vascular, or mesodermal, or a compound overgrowth of these tissues.
  2. A benign localized overgrowth of melanin-forming cells of the skin present at birth or appearing early in life

Cord

  1. In anatomy, any long ropelike structure, composed of several to many longitudinally oriented fibers, vessels, ducts, or combinations thereof.
  2. In histopathology, a line of tumor cells only one cell in width

Resection

  1. A procedure performed for the specific purpose of removal, as in removal of articular ends of one or both bones forming a joint.
  2. To remove a part

Basilar

Relating to the base of a pyramidal or broad structure.

Marrow

  1. A highly cellular hemopoietic connective tissue filling the medullary cavities and spongy epiphyses of bones; it becomes predominantly fatty with age, particularly in the long bones of the limbs.
  2. Any soft gelatinous or fatty material resembling the marrow of bone.

Large intestine

the distal (aboral) portion of the digestive tube extending from the ileocecal valve to the anus; it comprises the cecum (with appendix), colon, rectum, and anal canal; shorter in length but larger in caliber than the small intestine, the large intestine functions to absorb fluids and electrolytes and provide temporary storage

Myelomatosis

A disease characterized by the occurrence of myeloma in various sites.

Exocrine

  1. Denoting glandular secretion delivered onto the body surface.
  2. Denoting a gland that secretes outwardly through excretory ducts

Spinal

  1. Relating to any spine or spinous process.
  2. Relating to the vertebral column

Nervous system

the entire nerve apparatus, composed of a central part (the brain and spinal cord) and a peripheral part (the cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, plexuses and peripheral nerves)

Encephalon

That portion of the cerebrospinal axis contained within the cranium, composed of the prosencephalon, mesencephalon, and rhombencephalon.

Adipose

Denoting fat.

Leukocytic

Pertaining to or characterized by leukocytes

Gaster

Prominent part of wasp or ant abdomen, separated from the other body parts by a thin connecting segment

Colon

The large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum.

Squamous cell

a flat scalelike epithelial cell.

Mole

  1. An intrauterine mass formed by the degeneration of the partly developed products of conception.
  2. In the SI, the unit of amount of substance, defined as that amount of a substance containing as many ??????elementary entities?????? as there are atoms in 0.0120 kg of carbon-12; ??????elementary entities?????? may be atoms, molecules, ions, or any describable entity or defined mixture of entities and must be specified when this term is used; in practical terms, the mole is 6.0221367 ???? 1023 ??????elementary entities.??????
  3. Synonyms nevus2, nevus pigmentosus

Microscopic

  1. Of minute size; visible only with the aid of the microscope.
  2. Relating to a microscope.

Neuroendocrine carcinoma

tumor originating in neuroendocrine cells; most common in the lung, but may occur in any organ.

Throat

  1. The fauces and pharynx.
  2. The anterior aspect of the neck.
  3. Any narrowed entrance into a hollow part

Nevus pigmentosus

a benign pigmented melanocytic proliferation; raised or level with the skin, present at birth or arising early in life

Pancreatic

Relating to the pancreas.

Precancerous

Pertaining to any lesion that is interpreted as precancer

Digestion

  1. The process of making a digest.
  2. The mechanical, chemical, and enzymatic process whereby ingested food is converted into material suitable for assimilation for synthesis of tissues or liberation of energy.

Basal

  1. Situated nearer the base of a pyramidal organ in relation to a specific reference point; opposite of apical.
  2. In dentistry, denoting the floor of a cavity in the grinding surface of a tooth.
  3. Denoting a standard or reference state of a function, as a basis for comparison. More specifically, denoting the exact conditions for measurement of basal metabolic rate (q.v.); basal conditions do not always denote a minimum value, metabolic rate in sleep is usually lower than the basal rate but is inconvenient for standard measurement

Radioisotope

An isotope that changes to a more stable state by emitting radiation.

Systemic

Relating to a system; specifically somatic, relating to the entire organism as distinguished from any of its individual parts.

Monoclonal

In immunochemistry, pertaining to a protein from a single clone of cells, all molecules of which are the same; in the case of Bence Jones protein, the chains are all ???? or ????.

Bile

Yellowish-brown or green fluid secreted by the liver and discharged into the duodenum, where it aids in the emulsification of fats, increases peristalsis, and retards putrefaction; contains sodium glycocholate and sodium taurocholate, cholesterol, biliverdin, bilirubin, mucus, fat, lecithin, and cells and cellular debris

Integument

  1. The enveloping membrane of the body; includes, in addition to the epidermis and dermis, all the derivatives of the epidermis, hairs, nails, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and mammary glands, as well as the subcutaneous tissue.
  2. The rind, capsule, or covering of any body or part

Metastasis

  1. The shifting of a disease or its local manifestations, from one part of the body to another, as in mumps when the symptoms referable to the parotid gland subside and the testis becomes affected.
  2. The spread of a disease process from one part of the body to another, as in the appearance of neoplasms in parts of the body remote from the site of the primary tumor; results from dissemination of tumor cells by the lymphatics or blood vessels or by direct extension through serous cavities or subarachnoid or other spaces.
  3. Transportation of bacteria from one part of the body to another, through the bloodstream (hematogenous metastasis) or through lymph channels (lymphogenous metastasis)

Protective block

an incompletely understood mechanism whereby a pacemaker is protected from being discharged by the impulse from another center; the mechanism, usually conceived as an encircling zone of unidirectionally refractory tissue permitting egress of impulses from the center but preventing access to the center, is seen in operation in ventricular parasystole where the parasystolic center is protected from discharge by the sinus pacemaker and so is able to maintain its intrinsic rhythm undisturbed

Chemotherapy

Treatment of disease by means of chemical substances or drugs; usually used in reference to neoplastic disease.

Medulla

Any soft marrowlike structure, especially in the center of a part

Cartilage

A connective tissue characterized by its nonvascularity and firm consistency; consists of cells (chondrocytes), an interstitial matrix of fibers (collagen), and ground substance (proteoglycans). There are three kinds of cartilage hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage, and fibrocartilage. Nonvascular, resilient, flexible connective tissue found primarily in joints, the walls of the thorax, and tubular structures (larynx, air passages, and ears); makes up most of the skeleton in early fetal life, but is slowly replaced by bone. For a gross anatomic description, see cartilago and its subentries

Syndrome

The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, together constituting the picture of the disease.

Leukemia

Progressive proliferation of abnormal leukocytes found in hemopoietic tissues, other organs, and usually in the blood in increased numbers. Leukemia is classified by the dominant cell type, and by duration from onset to death. This occurs in acute leukemia within a few months in most cases, and is associated with acute symptoms including severe anemia, hemorrhages, and slight enlargement of lymph nodes or the spleen. The duration of chronic leukemia exceeds one year, with a gradual onset of symptoms of anemia or marked enlargement of spleen, liver, or lymph nodes

Rectum

The terminal portion of the digestive tube, extending from the rectosigmoid junction to the anal canal (perineal flexure).

Gamma rays

electromagnetic radiation emitted from radioactive substances; they are high-energy x-rays but originate from the nucleus rather than the orbital shell and are not deflected by a magnet.

Rectal

Relating to the rectum.

Oncology

The study or science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biologic properties and features of neoplasms, including causation, pathogenesis, and treatment.

Esophageal

Relating to the esophagus.

Myeloma

  1. A tumor composed of cells derived from hemopoietic tissues of the bone marrow.
  2. A plasma cell tumor.

Lymph vessels

the vessels that convey the lymph; they anastomose freely with each other

Lesion

  1. A wound or injury.
  2. A pathologic change in the tissues.
  3. One of the individual points or patches of a multifocal disease.

Sperm

The male gamete or sex cell that contains the genetic information to be transmitted by the male, exhibits autokinesia, and is able to effect zygosis with an oocyte. The human sperm is composed of a head and a tail, the tail being divisible into a neck, a middle piece, a principal piece, and an end piece; the head, 4??????6 mcm in length, is a broadly oval, flattened body containing the nucleus; the tail is about 55 mcm in length

Neoplastic

Pertaining to or characterized by neoplasia, or containing a neoplasm.

Neuroendocrine

  1. Pertaining to the anatomic and functional relationships between the nervous system and the endocrine apparatus.
  2. Descriptive of cells that release a hormone into the circulating blood in response to a neural stimulus. Such cells may compose a peripheral endocrine gland (the insulin-secreting ???? cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas and the adrenaline-secreting chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla); others are neurons in the brain ( the neurons of the supraoptic nucleus that release antidiuretic hormone from their axon terminals in the posterior lobe of the hypophysis).

Cuticle

  1. An outer thin layer, usually horny.
  2. The layer, chitinous in some invertebrates, which occurs on the surface of epithelial cells

Epidermis

  1. The superficial epithelial portion of the skin (cutis). The thick epidermis of the palms and soles contains the following strata, from the surface stratum corneum (keratin layer), stratum lucidum (clear layer), stratum granulosum (granular layer), stratum spinosum (prickle cell layer), and stratum basale (basal cell layer); in other parts of the body, the stratum lucidum and stratum granulosum may be absent.
  2. In botany, the outermost layer of cells in leaves and the young parts of plants

Venter

  1. One of the great cavities of the body.
  2. The uterus

Abdomen

The part of the trunk that lies between the thorax and the pelvis. The abdomen does not include the vertebral region posteriorly but is considered by some anatomists to include the pelvis (abdominopelvic cavity). It includes the greater part of the abdominal cavity (cavitas abdominis [TA]) and is divided by arbitrary planes into nine regions

Malignancy

The property or condition of being malignant.

Immunodeficiency

A condition resulting from a defective immune mechanism; may be primary (due to a defect in the immune mechanism itself) or secondary (dependent on another disease process), specific (due to a defect in either the B-lymphocyte or the T-lymphocyte system, or both) or nonspecific (due to a defect in one or another component of the nonspecific immune mechanism the complement, properdin, or phagocytic system)

Radiation therapy

  1. treatment with x-rays or radionuclides.
  2. See radiation oncology

Gall

An excoriation or erosion

Medicinal

Relating to medicine having curative properties

Lymphoma

Any neoplasm of lymphoid or reticuloendothelial tissues; in general use, synonymous with malignant lymphoma; present as apparently solid tumors composed of cells that appear primitive or resemble lymphocytes, plasma cells, or histiocytes. Lymphomas appear most frequently in the lymph nodes, spleen, or other normal sites of lymphoreticular cells; may invade other organs or manifest as leukemia. Lymphomas are now classified by histology, immunophenotype, and cytogenetic analysis, according to cell of orgin (B or T cells) and degree of maturation. The current World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lymphoid neoplasms is based on the Revised European-American Lymphoma (REAL) classification and effectively replaces older schemes such as the Working Formulation and Rappaport classification, which were based solely on morphology.

Deviant

  1. Denoting or indicative of deviation.
  2. A person exhibiting deviation, especially sexual

Ventriculus

The enlarged posterior portion of the mesenteron of the insect alimentary canal, in which digestion occurs

Anal

Relating to the anus.

Anus

The lower opening of the digestive tract. It is associated with the anal sphincter and lies in the cleft between the buttocks, through which fecal matter is extruded

Cosmic rays

high-velocity particles of enormous energies, bombarding earth from outer space; the ??????primary radiation?????? consists of protons and more complex atomic nuclei that, on striking the atmosphere, give rise to neutrons, mesons, and other less energetic ??????secondary radiation.??????

Intestine

The digestive tube passing from the stomach to the anus. It is divided primarily into the small intestine (intestinum tenue) and the large intestine (intestinum crassum)

Gamma

  1. Third letter of the Greek alphabet, ????.
  2. A unit of magnetic field intensity equal to 10??????9 T.

Cancerous

Relating to or pertaining to a malignant neoplasm, or being afflicted with such a process.

Nutgall

An excrescence on Quercus infectoria (family Fagaceae) and sometimes other species of Quercus (oak), caused by the deposit of the ova of a fly, Cynips gallae tinctorae; an astringent and styptic because of the tannin it contains

Tone

  1. A sound of distinct frequency.
  2. The character of the voice expressing an emotion.
  3. The tension present in resting muscles.
  4. Firmness of the tissues; normal functioning of all the organs.
  5. To perform toning.

Disease

nosophobia, pathophobia.

Urine

The fluid and dissolved substances excreted by the kidney.

Melanoma

A malignant neoplasm, derived from cells that are capable of forming melanin, arising most commonly in the skin of any part of the body, or in the eye, and, rarely, in the mucous membranes of the genitalia, anus, oral cavity, or other sites; occurs mostly in adults and may originate de novo or from a pigmented nevus or lentigo maligna. In the early phases, the cutaneous form is characterized by proliferation of cells at the dermal-epidermal junction, that soon invade adjacent tissues. The cells vary in amount and pigmentation of cytoplasm; the nuclei are relatively large and frequently bizarre in shape, with prominent acidophilic nucleoli; mitotic figures tend to be numerous. Prognosis correlates with the depth of skin invasion. Melanomas frequently metastasize widely; regional lymph nodes, skin, liver, lungs, and brain are likely to be involved. Intense, intermittent sun exposure, especially of fair-skinned children, increases the risk of melanoma later in life

-oma

A tumor or neoplasm.

Excision

  1. The act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ.
  2. molecular biology a recombination event in which a genetic element is removed.
  3. The enzymatic removal of a segment of a biopolymer

Muscular

  1. Relating to a muscle or the muscles, in general.
  2. Having well developed musculature.

Liver

The largest gland of the body, lying beneath the diaphragm in the right hypochondrium and upper part of the epigastric region; it is of irregular shape and weighs from 1??????2 kg, or about one fortieth the weight of the body. As an exocrine gland, it secretes bile; it initially receives most absorbed nutrients through the portal vein; it detoxifies drugs and many exogeneous substances and is also of great importance in fat, carbohydrate, and protein metabolism; also stores glycogen

Orifice

Any aperture or opening

Large bowel

the colon.

Medicine

  1. A drug.
  2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations.
  3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually requiring surgical intervention.

Gut

  1. Embryonic digestive tube.
  2. Abbreviated term for catgut

Radiation

radiophobia.

Malignant

  1. occurring in severe form, and frequently fatal; tending to become worse and leading to an ingravescent course.
  2. In reference to a neoplasm, having the property of locally invasive and destructive growth and metastasis.

Change

An alteration; in pathology, structural alteration of which the cause and significance is uncertain

Benign

Denoting the mild character of an illness or the nonmalignant character of a neoplasm.

Pharynx

The superior expanded portion of the alimentary tract, between the mouth and nasal cavities (superiorly and anteriorly) and the esophagus (inferiorly); consisting of nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx, the first two being shared with the respiratory tract; the pharnyx is distinct from the rest of the alimentary tract in being composed exclusively of voluntary skeletal muscle arranged in outer circular and inner longitudinal layers.

Aromatic

  1. Having an agreeable, somewhat pungent, spicy odor.
  2. One of a group of vegetable-based drugs having a fragrant odor and slightly stimulant properties.
  3. See aromatic compound

Head

  1. The upper or anterior extremity of the animal body, containing the brain and the organs of sight, hearing, taste, and smell.
  2. The upper, anterior, or larger extremity, expanded or rounded, of any body, organ, or other anatomic structure.
  3. The rounded extremity of a bone.
  4. That end of a muscle that is attached to the less movable part of the skeleton

Irradiation

  1. The subjective enlargement of a bright object seen against a dark background.
  2. Exposure to the action of electromagnetic radiation (heat, light, x-rays).
  3. The spreading of nervous impulses from one area in the brain or cord, or from a tract, to another tract.

Corpus

  1. Any body or mass.
  2. The main part of an organ or other anatomic structure, as distinguished from the head or tail

Intestinum

Inward; inner

Chondrus

The plant Chondrus crispus, Fucus crispus, or Gigartina mamillosa (family Gigartinaceae); a demulcent in chronic and intestinal disorders

Medical

Relating to medicine or the practice of medicine

Pancreas

An elongated lobulated retroperitoneal gland, devoid of a distinct capsule, extending from the concavity of the duodenum to the spleen; it consists of a flattened head within the duodenal concavity, a neck connecting the head and body, an elongated three-sided body extending transversely across the abdomen, and a tail in contact with the spleen. The gland secretes from its exocrine part pancreatic juice that is discharged into the intestine, and from its endocrine part the internal secretions insulin and glucagon.

Radioactive

Possessing radioactivity

Tumor

  1. Any swelling or tumefaction.
  2. One of the four signs of inflammation (t., calor, dolor, rubor) enunciated by Celsus

Adipose tissue

a form of connective tissue consisting chiefly of fat cells surrounded by reticular fibers and arranged in lobular groups or along the course of one of the smaller blood vessels

Esophagus

The portion of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and stomach. It is about 25-cm long and consists of three parts the cervical part, from the cricoid cartilage to the thoracic inlet; the thoracic part, from the thoracic inlet to the diaphragm; and the abdominal part, below the diaphragm to the cardiac opening of the stomach.

Fecal

Relating to feces.

Squamous

Relating to or covered with scales

Staging

  1. The determination or classification of distinct phases or periods in the course of a disease or pathologic process.
  2. The determination of the specific extent of a disease process in an individual patient.

Nervous

  1. Relating to a nerve or the nerves.
  2. Easily excited or agitated; suffering from mental or emotional instability; tense or anxious.
  3. Formerly, denoting a temperament characterized by excessive mental and physical alertness, rapid pulse, excitability, often volubility, but not always fixity of purpose.

Fatty tissue

in some animals, brown fat

Eccrine

Denoting the flow of sweat from skin glands unconnected to hair follicles

Kidney

One of the paired organs that excrete urine, remove nitrogenous wastes of metabolism, reclaim important electrolytes and water, contribute to blood pressure control(renin-angiotensin system) and erythropoiesis (via erythropoietin production). The kidneys are bean-shaped organs about 11-cm long, 5-cm wide, and 3-cm thick, lying on either side of the vertebral column, posterior to the peritoneum, opposite the 12th thoracic and 1st??????3rd lumbar vertebrae. In animals, the kidney has variable size and location

Sarcoma

A connective tissue neoplasm, usually highly malignant, formed by proliferation of mesodermal cells.

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