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should one who had a colonoscopy 6 yrs ago should now be diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer & be told that it is adenocarcinoma & not colorectal cancer
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Is Adenocarcinoma Disease Curable?Adenocarcinoma is the name of a broad category of cancers. This type of cancer occurs in cells that line organs such as the colon, lung, and breast. The earlier this cancer is caught the more favorable the prognosis.A carcinoma is a cancer. Whether it is curable or not depends on how far it has progressed.
I found the code in Fay Brown in the Neoplasm chapter 183.0 198.5
Foreign body in intestine and colon ICD-9 code 936
A colon placed after the word including is not correct; this is because a colon should follow only independent clauses, which cannot end with that particular word. In other words, if you can correctly write a period in place of the colon, the colon's use is correct.
CPT code 45380; Endoscopy, colon, biopsy
From three websites including dictionary.com, I have come to the conclusion that Adenocarcinoma is a type of cancerous (malignant) tumor that can appear anywhere in the body but mostly originating in glandular tissue. This type of tumor is more commonly found in colon, lung, and breast cancer. Disseminated I assume just means that it is widely spread.
From three websites including dictionary.com, I have come to the conclusion that Adenocarcinoma is a type of cancerous (malignant) tumor that can appear anywhere in the body but mostly originating in glandular tissue. This type of tumor is more commonly found in colon, lung, and Breast cancer. Disseminated I assume just means that it is widely spread.
Adenocarcinoma is a common type of cancer that arises from cells within glandular tissues. It can be a cancer found in lungs, colon, prostate, or other places.
Can a fungal infection be mistaken for adenocarcinoma?
a malignant tumor originating in the epithelial cells of glandular tissue and forming in glandular structures cancer dirived form glandular tissue or in which the tumor cells form recognizable glandular structures