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| Illustration of adenocarcinoma (image credited from medicalnewstoday.com) |
What is adenocarcinoma?
Adenocarcinoma is medical terms when cancerous cells begin in the epithelial in form of line particularly in the internal organs, and these cells have glandular (secretory) properties. Some types of adenocarcinomas include cancers in several organs including prostate, cervix, breast, stomach, thyroid, colon, and certain types of lung cancer.Cancers are divided into many different kinds. In addition to classify cancers is by grouping them in accordance of the cell type that was produced by the cancers. There are four majority classes of cancers classification, and they are:
- Carcinoma, is cancer that develops in the cells that line the inside of organs. These cells are called epithelial cells, and they form the outer layers of skin which are found in the tissue lining the digestive tract, the bladder, the uterus, and all the tubes and ducts. Virtually speaking, carcinoma might have been found in every body organ. Adenocarcinoma is one of the example of carcinoma
- Sarcoma, develops from cells in the body's connective tissues, including bone, muscle, cartilage, and fibrous tissues
- Lymphoma, arises from cells in the lymphatic systems, which is a component of the immune system. Organs in the lymphatic system include lymph nodes, the spleen, bone marrow, and the thymus gland
- Leukemia, which can be classified as acute or chronic, develops from the white blood cells circulating in the body. Leukemia also affects the bone marrow and the spleen