Cancer Classification


	Cancer Classification
amybennett
2-11-2008 11:44 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7a0d13de-f561-422a-a585-1cbe364e0168/7357C380-DAB8-4582-9379-E999AC3B25D3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/" href="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cancer.sc</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><P>Cancers are classified by the type of cell that resembles the tumor and the tissue the tumor originated from.  Here are a few of the categories:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><P>Carcinomas are malignant tumors that derive from epithelial cells.  Many of the most common cancers are carcinomas, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, and colon cancer.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><P>Sarcomas are malignant tumors derived from connective tissue or mesenchymal cells.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><P>Cancers derived from hematopoietic (blood-forming) cells.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><P>Tumors derived from totipotent cells.  In adults these tumors tipically form on the testicles or ovary.  In young children and fetuses gell cell tumors are often found on the tip of the tailbone.  Gell Cell Tumors are also common at the base of the skull in horses.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cancer.sc/img/33B53BC2-2192-4AF0-92A0-1D482F37021C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><P>Blastic Tumors are most common in children, and resemble immature of embryonic tissue.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cancer.sc/img/9DA6CF68-DFFF-414C-B26C-C7A70FAE290A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cancer.sc/img/335606E7-EB4F-4EBC-B46C-764D9EF21A49" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cancer.sc/img/F5F03B7A-2A7B-4BBF-8553-41CBCEFFE42E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,cancer-classes/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cancer.sc/img/BBEAE1DD-A081-4AF2-B700-E6D1E9F98D1F" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7357C380-DAB8-4582-9379-E999AC3B25D3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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