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प्रश्न
Explain the various types of cancer
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उत्तर
Cancer is divided into various types depending on the type of cells which are altered. There are five major categories of cancer based on the cell type:-
- Carcinoma:- Cancer in the cells which cover the internal and external organs of the body.
- Sarcoma:- Cancer of the supportive tissues such as bone, cartilage, connective tissue and muscles.
- Lymphoma:- Cancer which begins in the lymph nodes and tissues which constitute the immune system.
- Leukaemia:- Cancer which begins in the bone marrow and accumulates in the blood stream.
- Adenoma:- Cancer which arises in the tissues of the thyroid, pituitary and adrenal glands.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Differentiate between a benign tumor and a malignant tumor.
What is ‘Leukemia’?
Which type of cancer affects lymph nodes and spleen?
Cancer causing genes are called Oncogenes.
Carcinogens are cancer causing agents.
What is metastasis?
One of the following is INCORRECT about cancer cells.
Cancer causing genes are called ______.
In malignant tumors, the cells proliferate, grow rapidly and move to other parts of the body to form new tumors. This stage of disease is called ______.
The immune system of a person is suppressed. In the ELISA test, he was found positive to a pathogen.
- Name the disease the patient is suffering from.
- What is the causative organism?
- Which cells of body are affected by the pathogen?
