DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer, less formally known as bowel cancer, is a cancer characterized by neoplasia in the colon, rectum, or vermiform appendix. Colorectal cancer is clinically distinct from anal cancer, which affects the anus. Colorectal cancers start in the lining of the bowel. If left untreated, it can grow into the muscle layers underneath, and then through the bowel wall. Most begin as a small growth on the bowel wall: a colorectal polyp or adenoma. These mushroom-shaped growths are usually benign, but some develop into cancer over time. Localized bowel cancer is usually diagnosed through colonoscopy...
Colorectal cancer - List of case studies
- Metastatic colon cancer after 8 years of continous chemotherapy treatment
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Metastatic colon cancer short_summary: ... is a 72 year old female with history of metastatic colorectal cancer for past 8 years on continuous chemotherapy with some ...
- Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas
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Pancreas Cancer short_summary: ... to the “adenoma-to-carcinoma” sequence of colorectal cancer. Although morphologically variable, tumors can be classified ...
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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cell carcinoma of head and neck Advanced endometrial cancer Advanced endometrial carcinoma Advanced loco-regionally ... degeneration Colloid goiter Colon cancer Colorectal cancer Coma Combined mechanical and Lt radicular pain ...