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A cancer that begins in the cells lining organs, skin, or glands.
means A malignant tumor that arises from epithelial cells — the tissue lining organs, skin, and glands.
from From Greek karkinoma, from karkinos, 'crab,' plus the medical suffix -oma, 'tumor.' The ancient physician Hippocrates and others reportedly likened the tumor's swollen veins radiating from a hard mass to a crab's legs splayed around its body — the popular story goes further and says crabs grip and won't let go, like the disease, but the naming itself seems rooted mainly in that visual resemblance. The same crab root gives us 'cancer' itself, from the Latin translation of the Greek term.
- origin tissue
- epithelial cells, the body's lining and covering
- most common type
- accounts for roughly 80 to 90 percent of all cancers
- name origin
- greek karkinos, meaning crab, coined by hippocrates
- vs sarcoma
- sarcoma hits bone and muscle, not linings