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Adenocarcinoma is derived from ‘adeno’, which means gland, and ‘carcino’ for cancer. It can form in many parts of the body, but each tumor is unique to its location. As a respiratory cancer adenocarcinoma is found in the mucus-secreting cells on the outer part of the lungs. It is a part of a group of lung cancers known as non-small cell lung cancers, which are categorized together because of similar prognosis and treatment, rather than similar cellular shape like other diseases. Most cases of…

react differently to kill and remove microbes. The lymphatic system is responsible for keeping the fluids in the body clean and to remove the bacteria and the toxins from it. When the body is in good health the system has no problem in working as the lymph nodes…

Approach to the Care of Cancer Throughout this paper, this writer will explain the diagnosis and staging of cancer. Cancer is the general name given to a group of related diseases which can occur in any part of the body. Cancer is when the body’s cells start dividing without stopping and spread to the tissues of the body. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2015 states that there is over 100 types of cancer. Cancer affects the person, family, and healthcare providers. Complications of the…

travel through lymph vessels spreading the cancer to other parts of the body. It is defined as: “The development of malignant cells in the breast. The malignant cells originate in the lining of the milk glands or ducts of the breast, defining this malignancy as a cancer. Cancer cells are characterized by…

usual. This can also lead the flea to eventually die of starvation. When the flea bites its unfortunate host it regurgitates its infected ingested blood into the site causing infection. The bacteria then travels through the cutaneous membrane to the lymph system and then multiplies in cells damaging their immune defenses. This bacteria is very resistant to being killed. It can withstand phagocytosis and once inside it reproduces inside the phagocyte’s cell and kill it! It has an ability to…

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a cancer of connective tissue that develops as a result of infection with HHV-8. This virus is also known as Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). KSHV infects endothelial cells, or cells that line the inside of blood and lymphatic vessels, and is characterized by raised lesions on the skin or other endothelial membranes. Age, race, ethnicity and disease state are all risk factors for this disease. There are four known types of KS: classic, endemic, acquired, and…

used in a few situations, usually after surgery to help decrease the chance of the cancer recurring. It can be used after a mastectomy, but only if the cancer is larger than five centimeters, if the cancer has spread, or if the cancer was found in lymph…

H is receiving a few different treatments to try an cure the cancer. First she has surgery where they remove the tumor and some of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes. With surgery there needs to be “clean” margins, extra tissue arounds the tumor to make sure that all of the cancerous tissue was extracted. Depending on where the tumor is, surgery can be disfiguring or limit function. Surgery be hard physically…

Cells of the lymph nodes are able to easily travel to variety of lymphoid tissues throughout the body (Grossman & Porth, 2014). According to the Lymphoma Research Foundation (2012), B lymphocyte help to protect the body’s immune system from germs by producing antibodies…

There are many types of skin cancer but the three main types of skin cancer which are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Even though there are three major types of skin cancer this essay will be focusing on Melanoma. Before I can discuss how Melanoma works we have to understand the anatomy of the Skin tissue. In the human body our skin is the protection between the external environment and internal organs. The human body skin can be different in the thickness of the…