Cancers Flashcards

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Sarcoma

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Bones tendons cartilage muscles fat

Young adults
Painful mass on bone

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Carcinoma

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Bad neoplasm of epithelial origin

Cancer of internal or external lining of the body
Epithelial tissue

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Lymphoma

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Glands or nodes of lymphatic system

Vessels nodes organs
Spleen tonsils thymus
Stomach breast brain

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Leukemia

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Liquid cancer
Blood cancer
Bone marrow 
Overproduction of immature white blood cell
Poor blood clotting fatigue
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Myeloma

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Plasma cells of bone marrow

Plasma cells produce some proteins found in blood

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