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Fluorouracil is a chemotherapy drug that when used in cream or solution form can be applied directly to the skin. It is used to treat certain skin...
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A neoplasm is an abnormal mass or colony of cells.
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This is a type of testicular cancer that tends to be aggressive and occurs most often when men are in their 30s or younger. There are four types of...
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Wide local excision is a procedure in which the doctor removes only the cancer and some normal tissue surrounding the tumor.
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In this disease, cancer cells are found in the lining of the stomach. Stomach cancer can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout...
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A neoplasm is a tumor.
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Clear margins are areas of normal tissue that surround cancerous tissue, as seen during a microscopic examination. If margins are clear, the surgeon...
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Stage is the scoring system used to describe the extent of the cancer. The stage of colon cancer depends on the size of the cancer tumor and whether...
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A grade is a labeling system that is used to indicate how aggressive a cancer is compared to normal tissue.
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A pathologist is an expert who specializes in analyzing tissue samples (removed during a biopsy) under a microscope to detect the cellular makeup of...
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A sentinel lymph node is the first lymph node to which a tumor drains, making it the first place where cancer is likely to spread.
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Adjuvant therapy is additional treatment, or add-on treatment, provided with the primary treatment to prevent cancer recurrence.
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An abdominoperineal resection is the surgical removal of the anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon, resulting in the need for a permanent colostomy.
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An X-ray is high-energy radiation used in low doses to diagnose diseases and used in high doses to treat cancer.
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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a syndrome in which a gene mutation that influences the development of colon, rectal, and other cancers is...
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