Cowden syndrome

Cancer begins in your cells, which are the building blocks of your body. Normally, your body forms new cells as you need them, replacing old cells that die. Sometimes this process goes wrong. New cells grow even when you don't need them, and old cells don't die when they should. These extra cells can form a mass called a tumor. Tumors can be benign or malignant. Benign tumors aren't cancer while malignant ones are. Cells from malignant tumors can invade nearby tissues. They can also break away and spread to other parts of the body. Cancer is not just one disease but many diseases. There are more than 100 different types of cancer. Most cancers are named for where they start. For example, lung cancer starts in the lung, and breast cancer starts in the breast. The spread of cancer from one part of the body to another is called metastasis. Symptoms and treatment depend on the cancer type and how advanced it is. Most treatment plans may include surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy. Some may involve hormone therapy, immunotherapy or other types of biologic therapy, or stem cell transplantation. NIH: National Cancer Institute

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cancer

carcinoma

malignancy

neoplasms

oncology

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Priyankha Gigi

MBBS Student

cowden syndrome is another polyposis syndrome with hamartomas that gives only a very slightly increased risk of cancer compared with the general population. these polyposis syndromes can present with rectal bleeding in a child.

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Samarth Goyal

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Which of the following syndrome is not commonly associated with basal cell carcinoma? 1)gorlin syndrome 2)xeroserma pigementosum 3)bazex syndrome 4)Cowden syndrome

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