The difference between carcinoma and adenocarcinoma is adenocarcinoma is a subtype of carcinoma that grows in your glands that lines the insides of your organs and carcinoma starts in your epithelial tissue of the skin or internal organs and is the most common form and type of cancer.
You can get rid of adenocarcinoma in most cases with treatment and even surgery depending on the cause and type of adenocarcinoma and how soon it's treated.
The sooner you catch and treat adenocarcinoma the higher chance you have at being cured of it and getting rid of the adenocarcinoma.
Adenocarcinoma can spread quickly in some cases and slowly in other cases depending on how long the adenocarcinoma cancer takes to metastasize.
Metastatic adenocarcinomas most commonly spread to your bones, lungs, liver and/or lymph nodes, however they also can spread to other areas of the body.
In addition to nearby lymph nodes, certain types of adenocarcinomas are more likely to spread to these areas: Lung cancer: Brain, bones and adrenal glands.
Triggers of adenocarcinoma include poor diet, inhaling toxins, obesity, drinking alcohol and smoking.
Having a family history of adenocarcinoma can also predispose a person to inherit the genetic mutation for the malignancy of adenocarcinoma.
Adenocarcinoma usually starts in the bowels or in the breast.
Most breast cancers are adenocarcinomas which begin in the milk producing glands in the breast and 90 percent of adenocarcinomas are bowel cancers that begin in the glandular tissue that lines the bowels.
The survival rate for adenocarcinoma is a 5 year survival rate of 33 percent.
For Stage 1 adenocarcinoma disease, 5-year survival varies from 70% to 85%.
For locally advanced adenocarcinoma disease, the survival drops to less than 30%.
For distant metastases adenocarcinoma, less than 5% survive five years.
Adenocarcinoma is a serious cancer as it can be deadly just like other forms of cancer.
Treatments for adenocarcinoma are available which can help extend your life and improve your quality of life with adenocarcinoma.
The treatments for lung adenocarcinoma depends on the stage.
For early-stage adenocarcinoma disease, surgery is the treatment of choice.
For advanced adenocarcinoma disease, a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation is used to manage pain and other complications.
The life expectancy of someone with adenocarcinoma is 6.8 months to 10.6 months.
The life expectancy of someone with large cell carcinoma is 11 months to 14.2 months.
The first signs of adenocarcinoma are recurring lung infections such as pneumonia or bronchitis, hoarseness when speaking, chest pain that can be worsened when deep breathing or laughing or coughing, difficulty breathing, coughing up blood or red phlegm and a cough that gets worse or does not go away.
Adenocarcinoma is cancer that forms in the glandular tissue, which lines certain internal organs and makes and releases substances in the body, such as mucus, digestive juices, and other fluids.
Adenocarcinomas occur most commonly in the bowel, around 90% of bowel cancers are adenocarcinomas, which begin in the glandular tissue lining the bowel, the breast – most breast cancers are adenocarcinomas.
They begin in the milk producing glands in the breast.
Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common primary lung cancer seen in the United States.
It falls under the umbrella of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and has a strong association with previous smoking. While incidence and mortality have declined, it remains the leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
The stages of adenocarcinoma include.
Stage 1 adenocarcinoma: The cancer is small and contained to local tissue, and has not spread to nearby lymph nodes or to other organs.
Stage 2 adenocarcinoma: The cancer cells have more deeply spread into nearby tissue and possibly into local lymph nodes, but not to distant organs.
Common causes of adenocarcinoma include smoking, drinking alcohol, obesity, inhaling toxins, and poor diet.
The most commonly involved sites of adenocarcinoma include the bones, lungs, liver, and lymph nodes which represent nearly 60 percent of the cases.
The most common type of adenocarcinomas comprises breast, lung, prostate, colorectal, and pancreatic.
Adenocarcinoma can be successfully treated in many cases.
Survival rates for adenocarcinoma vary depending on the type of cancer, its location and stage.