Adenocarcinoma

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Adenocarcinoma (AC) is a type of cancer made of cells from glands. They can occur in many parts of the body. Adenocarcinomas are part of the larger grouping of carcinomas, but are also sometimes called by more precise terms, omitting the word when these exist. Adenocarcinomas are defined as neoplasia of epithelial tissue that has a glandular origin or glandular characteristics. Thus, invasive ductal carcinoma, the most common form of breast cancer, is adenocarcinoma, although the term is not used in its name. However, esophageal adenocarcinoma can be distinguished from the other common type of esophageal cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Several of the most common forms of cancer are adenocarcinomas, and the various sorts of adenocarcinoma vary greatly in all their aspects, so that few useful generalizations can be made about them. In the most specific usage, the glandular origin or traits are exocrine; endocrine gland tumors, such as a VIPoma, an insulinoma, or a pheochromocytoma...

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