Malignant growth

Carcinoma A malignant growth that arises from epithelium, found in skin or the lining of body organs. Carcinomas tend to infiltrate into adjacent tissue and spread to distant organs or a cancerous tumor of the epithelial tissue of an organ. 

Antioxidizability and its control are relevant for various areas in medicine and industry. Atherosclerosis, cardiac infarction, malignant growth, and aging are consequences of uncontrolled oxidation. Currently, oxidizability and antioxidants are also actual problems for alternative and complementary therapies like phyto-, helio-, and aero-ion therapy. 

Preliminary investigations on serum SDH activities in patients with carcinoma of the cervix uteri revealed a possible relation to malignant growth (RIO). However, the increase of serum activity in cases of patients afflicted with carcinoma is much smaller than in cases of hepatitis. 

Folklore is rich in references to the healing properties of urea. The Babylonians of about 800 b.c. are known to have used it. In the beginning of this century, urea was employed in the treatment of infections, particularly infected wounds and ulcers, infection of the ears, infected tooth sockets, infected malignant growths, and of burns.4,5... 

Cancer Injurious malignant growth of cells and tissue of potentially unlimited size invading local tissues and spreading to distant areas of the body. 

Reis, A. and Henninger, T. (1953) Destruction of malignant growth energy by anodic oxidation (in German). Klin. Wschr. 31, 39 40. 

Lin (2) determined that the toxic compound, abietic acid, (II), a major ingredient in pine resin, was effective as an antimitosis agent and in reducing the tumor size in malignant growths. 

D. H. Russell and B. G. M. Durie, Polyamines as Biochemical Markers of Normal and Malignant Growth. Raven Press, New York, 1978. 

History of skin cancer or previous malignant growths Is there hair growing out of the lesion ... 

Malignant growths tend to have feeder vessels. 

Have there been any changes in characteristics Malignant growths tend to have more significant and rapid changes than benign growths. 

Ovarian cyst— A benign or malignant growth on an ovary. An ovarian cyst can disappear without treatment or become extremely painful and have to be surgically removed. 

Most neoplasms are classified and named based on (1) the cell or tissue of origin and (2) benign or malignant growth characteristics. There are two basic cell types from which neoplasms may originate mesenchymal cells and epithelial cells (Figure 2). Mesenchymal pertains to mesenchyma (embryonic... 

NEL no-adverse-effect level (chemical hazard), neoplasm Any abnormal or new growth. Correctly, the term can be applied to relatively harmless swellings (benign) or cancerous (malignant) growths. Nevertheless, the term neoplastic disease is often loosely taken as synonymous with cancerous growth. See hyperplasia hypertrophy, nerve block The interruption of the transmission of an impulse through a nerve, e.g. with a local anaesthetic injection. 

Use Medical treatment for malignant growths, industrial radiography, source of neutrons and radon. 

Basal and squamous cell carcinomas malignant growths with a wart-like appearance in the early stages, usually occurring in areas of skin exposed to the sun. Referral is necessary if suspected. 

Cancer is a term describing a group of diseases all of which involve a state of uncontrolled, malignant growth of cells which are poorly differentiated. Cancer can occur in any organ of the body and there are believed to be over 100 distinct types of cancer, each of which is essentially distinct with no apparent common features. 

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