ctSearch Results
Original Query
Cancer - What is clinical criteria recognition
Search Results
- cancer clinical criteria recognition
Clinical, having to do with the examination and treatment of patients. 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- It`s that, identification of germline MSH2 gene mutations in endometrial cancer not fulfilling the new clinical criteria for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Endometrial, having to do with the endometrium (the layer of tissue that lines the uterus). Gene is the functional and physical unit of heredity passed from parent to offspring. Genes are pieces of DNA, and most genes contain the information for making a specific protein. Endometrial cancer, cancer that forms in the tissue lining the uterus (the small, hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman`s pelvis in which a fetus develops). Most endometrial cancers are adenocarcinomas (cancers that begin in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids). Hereditary, transmitted from parent to child by information contained in the genes. Colorectal, having to do with the colon or the rectum. Colorectal cancer, cancer that develops in the colon (the longest part of the large intestine) and/or the rectum (the last several inches of the large intestine before the anus).
NEW: Try our Cancer Expert Fact Search, and get direct access to our Knowledge Base (KB).
Disclaimer: On occasion, search results will contain fragmented, and erroneous (misspelled, incorrect grammar and malformatted) text. It is not possible, for our Bots to automatically correct these, afterall they represent the corpus created by individuals and/or other Bots and who have placed it on the Internet. Keep in mind, Cancer Expert Search is a search engine, and we are required to return search results as closely resembling their original format, when they were discovered by our Bots (including all errors).