When cancer is the uncontrolled division of cells of a tissue. The organism has lost control over the growth of these cells. The cancer grows into the surrounding tissue and destroys it. Lymphatics and blood vessels are affected, then a sowing of cancer cells occur in remote regions of the body (metastasis). There is growing cancer will continue. Therefore, when one speaks also of malignant cancer cells.With
a collection of such cancer cells is called malignant tumor or
malignant tumor, in medical terminology, terms such as malignant
neoplasm, or used.
A benign tumor is adjacent to a malignant tumor from the fact that he does not destroy surrounding tissue, but only suppressed. It also sets no tumors (metastases).
What causes cancer?
What
makes a normal cell develops uncontrolled cell division and cancer, and
to find what changes in the cell is still being studied worldwide. More information can be found in Chapter cancer.
Criteria for subdivision of the various types of cancer
Any malignant tumor is classified due to its tissue type in different tumor types. A division is made according to the histological examination (histology) by the pathologist.
The degree of malignancy of a tumor is represented as the degree of differentiation, its extent than corresponding tumor stage.
Here you will find detailed information on diagnosis, treatment and prognosis following cancers:
Pancreatic cancer (pancreatic cancer)
Breast cancer (breast cancer)
Colorectal cancer (colon cancer)
Ovarian cancer (ovarian cancer)
Fallopian tube cancer (tubal carcinoma)
Cervical cancer (cervical cancer)
Uterine cancer (endometrial cancer)
Brain tumors
Liver cancer
Leukemia
Lung cancer (lung cancer)
Lung tumors, malignant
Lymphomas
Stomach cancer (gastric carcinoma)
Melanoma (skin cancer)
Hodgkin's disease (Hodgkin's lymphoma)
Kidney Cancer
Prostate cancer (prostate cancer)
Thyroid
Esophageal cancer (esophageal)
Pain in cancer
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