Word: adenocarcinoma
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...white. David Whiteman, a Queensland Institute of Medical Research cancer epidemiologist, is in Seattle studying risk factors for a rare type of esophageal cancer whose incidence has risen in Australia recently. His conclusion-not yet reviewed by peers-is that "obese people have consistently raised risks of esophageal adenocarcinoma and that this risk is apparent even for modestly overweight people." On the more general issue of the risks of rising BMI, Whiteman says: "A few extra pounds is probably not going to hurt people and may even be advantageous to long-term survival. The problem is that most Australians carry...
...Widely metastatic pulmonary adenocarcinoma means lung cancer that is practically everywhere in the body. It's even scary to write the words, since they are invariably written about people who are grey, emaciated and so weak they can't even walk. Their bones break, they slowly suffocate. It's the real reason why doctors are scared of cigarettes. And it's what they wrote about a friend of mine named Charlie...
...example, the anti-cancer drug Iressa effectively treats lung adenocarcinoma only in patients harboring specific mutations in one specific receptor...
...were struck that certain groups of NSCLC patients appear to be more likely to have EGFR mutations,” Johnson said in the press release. “Mutations were more frequent in women, in Japanese patients, and in patients with adenocarcinoma,” a condition where cancer has spread to the lining of the lungs...
...Reagan was under general anesthesia as doctors performed the biopsy, surgically removing affected breast tissue for laboratory analysis. The biopsy revealed a "noninvasive intraductal adenocarcinoma," a common form of breast cancer found in the ducts of glands embedded in the fatty tissue of the breast. The First Lady had already decided to have a mastectomy if cancer was discovered, and she immediately underwent surgery. Moments after she emerged from the operating room, the President reportedly said to her, "Honey, I know you don't feel like dancing, so let's just hold hands...