... Kaposi's sarcoma
Lymphoma, especially NHL, primary CNS lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease
Cervical cancer
Squamous cell cancer of the skin
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... Breast cancer occurs more commonly in the left breast than the right and more commonly in the outer upper quadrant. Growth rates vary. Theoretically, slow-growing breast cancer may take up to 8 years to become palpable at 1 cm. It spreads by way of the lymphatic system and the... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Primarily a disease of older adults, cancer is second only to cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in the United States (more than 560,000 deaths annually). More than 67% of patients who die of cancer are older than age 65. The most common... What causes cancer? ... Immune response ... Diagnostic methods ... Staging and grading ... Five major therapies ... Maintaining nutrition and fluid balance ... If the patient can't eat ... Total parenteral nutrition ... Pain control critical ... The hospice approach ... Psychological aspects ... Pictures
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... Malignant spinal neoplasms may be any one of many tumor types similar to intracranial tumors; they involve the cord or its roots and, if untreated, can eventually cause paralysis. As primary tumors, they originate in the meningeal coverings, the parenchyma of the cord or its roots, the... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Bladder tumors can develop on the surface of the bladder wall (benign or malignant papillomas) or grow within the bladder wall (generally more virulent) and quickly invade underlying muscles. Ninety percent of bladder tumors are transitional cell carcinomas,... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Cancer of the vulva most commonly affects the skin folds around the vagina, called the labia. It isn't very common, but is considered serious because it makes sexual intercourse painful and difficult. If found early, it has a high cure rate.
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... One of the most common cancers of the female reproductive system, cervical cancer is classified as either preinvasive or invasive.
Preinvasive cancer ranges from minimal cervical dysplasia, in which the lower third of the epithelium contains... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Colorectal cancer is the second most common visceral malignant neoplasm in the United States and Europe. Incidence is equally distributed between men and women. Colorectal malignant tumors are almost always adenocarcinomas. About one-half of these are sessile lesions of... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Esophageal cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the esophagus, the muscular tube that propels food from the mouth to the stomach. It's difficult to treat, but can be cured if the cancer is confined to the esophagus. For patients whose cancer... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Primary fallopian tube cancer is extremely rare and accounts for fewer than 0.5% of all gynecologic malignancies. Because this disease is generally well advanced before diagnosis (up to 30% of such cancers are bilateral with extratubal spread), prognosis... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Gallbladder cancer is rare, accounting for fewer than 1% of all cancers. It's normally found by accident in patients with cholecystitis; 1 in 400 cholecystectomies reveals a malignant tumor. The disease is most prevalent in females older than age 60. It's rapidly progressive and usually fatal;... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Gastric cancer can be classified as polypoid, ulcerating, ulcerating and infiltrating, or diffuse, according to gross appearance. The parts of the stomach affected by gastric cancer, listed in order of decreasing frequency, are the pylorus and antrum, the lesser... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Kidney cancer (also known as nephrocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, hypernephroma, and Grawitz's tumor) usually occurs in older adults. Renal pelvic tumors and Wilms' tumor occur primarily in children. Kidney tumors, which usually are large, firm,... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... The most common form of laryngeal cancer is squamous cell cancer (95%); rare forms include adenocarcinoma, sarcoma, and others. Such cancer may be intrinsic or extrinsic. An intrinsic tumor is on the true vocal cord and doesn't tend to... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Liver cancer, also known as primary and metastatic hepatic carcinoma, is a rare form of cancer in the United States, with a high mortality. Most primary liver tumors (90%) originate in the parenchymal cells and are hepatomas (hepatocellular carcinoma, primary lower... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Even though it's largely preventable, lung cancer has long been the most common cause of cancer death in men and is an increasing cause of cancer death in women. Lung cancer usually develops within the wall or epithelium of the bronchial tree. Its most common... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women and is the number two killer (after lung cancer) of women ages 35 to 54. It occurs in men, though only rarely. (See Breast cancer in men.) The overall breast cancer death rate for... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... A spinal neoplasm is any one of many tumor types that are similar to intracranial tumors and involve the spinal cord or its roots. If untreated, they can eventually cause paralysis.
Primary spinal neoplasms originate in the meningeal coverings, the parenchyma... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Bladder tumors can develop on the surface of the bladder wall (benign or malignant papillomas) or grow within the bladder wall (generally more virulent) and quickly invade underlying muscles. Most bladder tumors (90%) are transitional cell carcinomas, arising from the transitional... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... The third most common cancer of the female reproductive system, cervical cancer is classified as either microinvasive or invasive.
Precursors to cervical cancer include:
❑ minimal cervical dysplasia (... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... In the United States and Europe, colorectal cancer is the second most common visceral neoplasm. Incidence is equally distributed between men and women. Colon cancer affects more than twice as many people as rectal cancer. Incidence increases with age,... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Nearly always fatal, esophageal cancer usually develops in men over age 50. This disease occurs worldwide, but incidence varies geographically. It’s most common in Japan, China, the Middle East, and parts of South Africa.
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The... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Cancer of the gallbladder is rare, constituting less than 1% of all cancer cases. It’s usually found coincidentally in patients with cholecystitis; 1 in 400 cholecystectomies reveals cancer.
This disease is most prevalent in women over age... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Common throughout the world, gastric cancer affects all races. However, unexplained geographic and cultural differences in incidence occur; for example, mortality is high in Japan, Iceland, Chile, and Austria. In the United States, incidence has decreased 50%... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Kidney cancer is also known as nephrocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, hypernephroma, and Grawitz’s tumor. It usually occurs in older adults, with about 85% of tumors originating in the kidneys and others resulting from... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... The most common form of laryngeal cancer is squamous cell carcinoma (95%); rare forms include adenocarcinoma, sarcoma, and others. Such cancer may be intrinsic or extrinsic.
An intrinsic tumor is on the true... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis
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... A rare form of cancer, liver cancer (primary and metastatic hepatic carcinoma) has a high mortality. It’s responsible for roughly 2% of all cancers in the United States and for 10% to 50% in Africa and parts of Asia. Liver cancer is most prevalent in men (particularly in those... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Lung cancer usually develops within the wall or epithelium of the bronchial tree. Its most common types are epidermoid (squamous cell) carcinoma, small cell (oat cell) carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell (anaplastic) carcinoma.
Although... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... After cancer of the lung, breast, and colon, primary ovarian cancer ranks as the most common cause of cancer deaths among American women. In women with previously treated breast cancer, metastatic ovarian cancer is more common than cancer at any other site.
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... A deadly GI cancer, pancreatic cancer progresses rapidly. Pancreatic tumors are almost always adenocarcinomas and most arise in the head of the pancreas. Tumors of the body and tail of the pancreas and islet cell tumors are rare. The two main... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... One in 11 men will develop prostatic cancer, the second most common neoplasm found in men older than age 55. (In black men, it’s the most prevalent cancer.) Adenocarcinoma is its most common form; sarcoma occurs only rarely. Most prostatic cancer originate in the posterior... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Author:
Cynthia Gibson, MD
What to Do - Interpret the Data
Typhlitis refers to a necrotizing colitis involving the cecum or the cecum
and appendix, and is found in leukemic children. The term neutropenic
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