Cancers of Gastro-Intestinal Tract
Gastro-intestinal tract begins at the mouth and ends at the anus. In between it comprises from above downwards pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, small and large intestine.
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Liver is present on the right side of the upper part of the abdomen, just under the diaphragm. Its main function is to convert the digested food into integral parts of the body. The cells of which it is made up, are very special cells to perform their function, and have the capacity to regenerate themselves also.
Large bowel forms lower 1.5 metre part of the gastrointestinal tract, going up from the right lower abdomen as ascending colon, then horizontally as transverse colon, coming down on the left side as descending colon and then as rectum ending at the anus.
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Lungs are the two organs in the chest which transfer oxygen that we breathe in into the blood, and breath out the C02 generated in the body. Cancer of the lungs is categorised depending upon the type of cells involved. The two categories are:
Pancreas lies in the abdomen between the lower border of the stomach and the upper border of the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. It produces digestive enzymes which pass into the duodenum by a duct to digest the food. Special type of cells of the pancreas, produce insulin which is absorbed into the blood and helps in keeping in balance the level of the blood sugar.
Diseases of the gall-bladder are commoner in females than males. Gall-bladder cancer occurs in older age-group people.
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These two separate systems of the body have been grouped together here for the convenience of description. Genito pertains to reproduction and urinary to formation and excretion of urine.
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Breast cancer is common. It usually occurs in women past the age of 40 years, though it has been seen to occur earlier as well. The incidence of breast cancer in India is reported to be 20 per 100,000 women. It occurs a decade earlier than in the Western women; the mean age of occurrence is about 42 years in India, as compared to 53 years in the white women.
The two ovaries are the organs of reproduction in females present in the abdomen. Cancer of the ovaries occurs in older age group.
Cancer of the ovary is the most fatal female cancer, one of the reasons for this being that it cannot be diagnosed early enough.
Uterus present in the lower part of the abdomen, is the organ where the foetus normally resides during pregnancy.
Uterus is very much liable to develop, hard, roundish masses in its walls, which also protrude into cavity of the uterus, and cause excessive bleeding. They may be present more than one at a time. They are called fibroids and they are not cancer.