hypernephroma
The most common type of kidney cancer.
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145 matcheshypopharyngeal cancer
Cancer that forms in tissues of the hypopharynx (the bottom part of the throat).
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In situ describes something found or observed in its original, natural location, without having moved, spread, or been removed from that place.
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This dome shaped skin growth appears within weeks and often resolves untreated, yet it can be nearly indistinguishable from squamous cell carcinoma.
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Kidney cancer includes renal cell carcinoma in adults and Wilms tumor in young children, arising from different structures within the kidney.
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Laryngeal cancer forms in the larynx, the structure used for breathing, swallowing, and speech, and most often begins in its lining cells.
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A serious problem that may occur in cancer in which cancer cells spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).
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Leukoplakia is a thickened white patch on a mucous membrane, most often in the mouth, that occasionally develops into cancer.
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Liver cancer includes primary tumors starting in the liver itself and, more commonly, secondary tumors that spread there from cancer elsewhere in the body.
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Tobacco smoke drives most cases, yet the disease also arises in people who never smoked, usually as adenocarcinoma.
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A serious problem that may occur in cancer in which cancer cells spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).
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A rare type of cancer that forms on or just beneath the skin, usually in parts of the body that have been exposed to the sun.
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A rare type of tumor, usually of the female genital tract, in which the insides of the cells look clear when viewed under a microscope.
Read definitionmolar pregnancy
A molar pregnancy occurs when abnormal fertilization causes placental tissue to overgrow into fluid filled cysts instead of a viable embryo.
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Nasopharyngeal cancer arises in the upper throat behind the nose and is strongly linked to Epstein-Barr virus infection.
Read definitionneoplastic meningitis
A serious problem that may occur in cancer in which cancer cells spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).
Read definitionneuroendocrine tumor
Neuroendocrine tumors arise from hormone releasing cells scattered throughout the body and can secrete excess hormones causing varied symptoms.
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Chemicals that assemble wherever nitrite meets the right partner, including inside the stomach, and that damage DNA once the liver has processed them.
Read definitionnon-small cell lung cancer
A group of lung cancers that are named for the kinds of cells found in the cancer and how the cells look under a microscope.
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A group of testicular cancers that begin in the germ cells (cells that give rise to sperm).
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