carcinoembryonic antigen
Carcinoembryonic antigen is a blood protein used as a tumor marker, most established for monitoring colorectal cancer after treatment.
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145 matchescarcinogen
Classification states that an agent can cause cancer, not that it will, and dose, duration and individual susceptibility all shape the actual risk.
Read definitioncarcinogenesis
Because cancer is the endpoint of a long sequence, no single exposure can usually be named as the cause of one person's tumor.
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A slow neuroendocrine tumor named for looking less dangerous than cancer, a description that has not aged well.
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Carcinoid syndrome causes flushing, diarrhea, and other symptoms when a neuroendocrine tumor releases serotonin into general circulation.
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Naming a tumor a carcinoma answers only the first question, since the subtype and the organ decide nearly everything that follows.
Read definitioncarcinoma in situ
Abnormal cells that look like cancer under the microscope but have not yet crossed the boundary that would let them spread.
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A case in which cancer cells are found in the body, but the place where the cells first started growing (the origin or primary site) cannot be determined.
Read definitioncarcinomatosis
Carcinomatosis describes carcinoma that has spread extensively through the body or throughout a body cavity, representing an advanced stage of disease.
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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).
Read definitioncarcinosarcoma
One tumor wearing two faces, and the evidence now says both faces grew from a single ancestor cell rather than two cancers colliding.
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Carcinosis is an older term for widespread dissemination of carcinoma through the body, now generally used interchangeably with carcinomatosis.
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Pertaining to slowing or stopping the growth of cancer.
Read definitionadenocarcinoma
The name describes what the tumor is made of rather than where it grew, which is why it appears in reports from so many organs.
Read definitionadenoid cystic carcinoma
An uncommon gland cancer known for creeping along nerves and for returning many years after treatment.
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A type of cancer that contains two types of cells: squamous cells (thin, flat cells that line certain organs) and gland-like cells.
Read definitionadrenocortical carcinoma
A rare cancer of the adrenal gland's outer layer that often announces itself through the hormones it releases unchecked.
Read definitionanticarcinogenic
Having to do with preventing or delaying the development of cancer.
Read definitionbasal cell carcinoma
Common, local and slow: this skin cancer damages the tissue around it far more often than it travels anywhere else.
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A rare type of kidney cancer that grows and spreads quickly.
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