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What is cancer contraindication?
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Contraindication is a symptom or medical condition that makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable because a person is likely to have a bad reaction. For example, having a bleeding disorder is a contraindication for taking aspirin because treatment with aspirin may cause excess bleeding. Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma are cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system. Central nervous system cancers are cancers that begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord. Also called malignancy.
Preview- One can notice, neoadjuvant systemic therapy is the accepted approach for women with locally advanced breast cancer for whom immediate surgery is inappropriate and is an option for women with operable breast cancer, particularly when, based on tumor size, mastectomy rather than conservative surgery is indicated, and the patient desires an attempt at breast conservation. Operable, describes a condition that can be treated by surgery. Surgery is a procedure to remove or repair a part of the body or to find out whether disease is present. An operation. Systemic therapy, treatment using substances that travel through the bloodstream, reaching and affecting cells all over the body. Tumor is an abnormal mass of tissue that results when cells divide more than they should or do not die when they should. Tumors may be benign (not cancer), or malignant (cancer). Also called neoplasm. Breast, glandular organ located on the chest. The breast is made up of connective tissue, fat, and breast tissue that contains the glands that can make milk. Also called mammary gland. Systemic, affecting the entire body. Breast cancer, cancer that forms in tissues of the breast, usually the ducts (tubes that carry milk to the nipple) and lobules (glands that make milk). It occurs in both men and women, although male breast cancer is rare. Mastectomy, surgery to remove part or all of the breast. There are different types of mastectomy that differ in the amount of tissue
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