A report on Cancer
Group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
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Metastasis
24 linksMetastasis is a pathogenic agent's spread from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body; the term is typically used when referring to metastasis by a cancerous tumor.
Lung cancer
20 linksMalignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.
Malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.
Most cancers that start in the lung, known as primary lung cancers, are carcinomas.
Chemotherapy
18 linksType of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen.
Type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen.
Chemotherapy is one of the major categories of the medical discipline specifically devoted to pharmacotherapy for cancer, which is called medical oncology.
Radiation therapy
16 linksTherapy using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells and normally delivered by a linear accelerator.
Therapy using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells and normally delivered by a linear accelerator.
The majority of epithelial cancers are only moderately radiosensitive, and require a significantly higher dose of radiation (60-70 Gy) to achieve a radical cure.
Carcinogenesis
18 linksCarcinogenesis, also called oncogenesis or tumorigenesis, is the formation of a cancer, whereby normal cells are transformed into cancer cells.
Colorectal cancer
19 linksColorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine).
Cancer staging
11 linksCancer staging is the process of determining the extent to which a cancer has developed by growing and spreading.
Targeted therapy
10 linksTargeted therapy or molecularly targeted therapy is one of the major modalities of medical treatment (pharmacotherapy) for cancer, others being hormonal therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy.