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