It is a lethal disease that commonly occurs in an elderly individual.. can also occur in children also.. In old age a wide variety of organs are affected like lung,liver,pancreas,bladder,prostate,female genital tract,colon,stomach,blood and brain but in children leukemia is the most common one..The cause is mainly genetic mutation,life style etc.But the most common cause in elderly is lifestyle,chronic diseases,radiation,infection etc.In children the most common cause is genetic mutation..
The patient may be asymptomatic initially but later non specific symptoms may occur like swelling, loss of weight, non healing ulcers.
Metastasis:
spread of cancerous cells occur in many patients and it is called metastasis.It occurs by
Management:
The patient may be asymptomatic initially but later non specific symptoms may occur like swelling, loss of weight, non healing ulcers.
Metastasis:
spread of cancerous cells occur in many patients and it is called metastasis.It occurs by
- Local spread
- Lymphatic spread
- Hematogenous spread
Management:
- main stay of management includes chemotherapy and radiotherapy
- surgical removal of the tumour/lesion area giving a tumour free margin is done in many cases
- In cases of advanced conditions and very elderly patients supportive management is done
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