Oncology & Cancer

Lifetime body weight patterns may affect kidney cancer risk

Excess weight in midlife is a known risk factor for kidney cancer, but new research indicates that weight patterns throughout life may also affect an individual's likelihood of developing this malignancy. The findings are ...

Carcinoma (Gk. karkinos, or "crab", and -oma, "growth") is the medical term for the most common type of cancer occurring in humans. Put simply, a carcinoma is a cancer that begins in a tissue that lines the inner or outer surfaces of the body, and that generally arises from cells originating in the endodermal or ectodermal germ layer during embryogenesis. More specifically, a carcinoma is tumor tissue derived from putative epithelial cells whose genome has become altered or damaged to such an extent that the cells become transformed, and begin to exhibit abnormal malignant properties.

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