NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS
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Malignant non-glandular epithelial tumor
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A malignant mesenchymal tumor found mainly in the glands
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A malignant epithelial tumor, found mainly in the glands
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Benign mesenchymal tumor found mainly in glands
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Detailed explanation-1: -Adenocarcinoma is a type of cancer. It develops in the glands that line your organs. Common forms of adenocarcinoma include breast, stomach, prostate, lung, pancreatic and colorectal cancers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cancer that forms in the glandular tissue, which lines certain internal organs and makes and releases substances in the body, such as mucus, digestive juices, and other fluids. Most cancers of the breast, lung, esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, pancreas, prostate, and uterus are adenocarcinomas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Carcinoma. Carcinoma refers to a malignant neoplasm of epithelial origin or cancer of the internal or external lining of the body. Carcinomas, malignancies of epithelial tissue, account for 80 to 90 percent of all cancer cases. Epithelial tissue is found throughout the body.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carcinomas. Carcinomas start in epithelial tissues.