Adenocarcinoma of the stomach. Why eating speeds up the cancer?

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My friend's grandmother who is 91 was diagnosed with this cancer and was told that if she eats the cancer will progress faster. How does one survive without eating aside from IV feeding? Need help understand this type of cancer but not sure which online resources are helpful. Thanks for your answers again.

Below is the diagnoses and I cannot decipher the information line by line so hopefully someone can help me understand this so I can email this back to my friend.

Her DIAGNOSIS:

A. Stomach, Antrum Biopsy
1. Antral Mucosa w/Intestinal Metaplasia; Negative for Dysplasia or malignancy
2. Alcian Yellow stain negative for H.Pylori
B. Stomach, Designated antral ulcer biopsy
1. Poorly differentiated andenocarcinoma
2. Alcian yellow stain negative for H. Pylori
http://search.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/query?DISAMBIGUATION=true&FUNCTION=search&SERVER2=server2&SERVER1=server1&PARAMETER=Adenocarcinoma+of+the+stomach&x=110&y=9
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec09/ch131/ch131e.html

http://www1.wfubmc.edu/cancer/stomach-cancer.html

http://radiology.uchc.edu/eAtlas/GI/2073.htm  (+ info)

Need someone w/medical background to help decipher diagnosis?

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Thanks for all those who answer. Would you please indicate in layman terms what the following diagnosis would mean as my friend's family doctor isn't all that helpful in saying if this means cancer or not for their 90 year old relative who passed out and was rushed to hospital. Had ulcers in the past and overall good health.

DIAGNOSIS:

A. Stomach, Antrum Biopsy
1. Antral Mucosa w/Intestinal Metaplasia; Negative for Dysplasia or malignancy
2. Alcian Yellow stain negative for H.Pylori
B. Stomach, Designated antral ulcer biopsy
1. Poorly differentiated andenocarcinoma
2. Alcian yellow stain negative for H. Pylori
I should add ...would each line item please be broken down as well . All the latin/medical terminology is overwhelming to understand when put together.
A. Biopsy of the gastric antrum can be helpful in distinguishing Crohn's disease (CD) from other diseases of the intestinal tracts.
1. The study used large cup gastric biopsy specimens from predetermined locations (gastric mapping). Follow up biopsies were obtained at one, two, and/or nine years. Biopsies with intestinal metaplasia were stained with high iron diamine/Alcian blue (HID/AB) to determine whether they expressed neutral mucins, sialomucins, or sulphomucins. Metaplasia is an abnormal growing of cells, and usually is ID'ed with cancer cells, but not always. the cells grow abnormally.
Negative for malignancy... remember malignant = 3. Pathology.
b. (of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth; cancerous, invasive, or metastatic.

H. Pylori is a bactrium that is found in the intestinal tract usually with ulcers. H Pylori is easily treated with a specialize antibiotic pack, (I've had this with my ulcer gone in less than a month :) )


Adenocarcinoma is a form of carcinoma that originates in glandular tissue. To be classified as adenocarcinoma, the cells don't necessarily need to be part of a gland, as long as they have secretory properties. This form of carcinoma can occur in some higher mammals, including humans. It's poorly distinguishable if iit's porly differentiated.  (+ info)

if a patient is found with liver disease and part of his liver is removed...?

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adaptation to the reduced size of the liver leads to WHAT of the remaining liver cells

metaplasia

organ atrophy

compensatory hyperplasia

physiologic hypertrophy


wouldnt it be the first answer...metaplasia?
compensatory hyperplasia  (+ info)

Which is better for 73 y/o patient, radical operation or radiation therapy for Cancer of the uterus Stage 1B?

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Patient had vaginal hysterectomy for prolapse of the uterus.
Pathology report:
- endometroid carcinoma, well-differentiated
- leiomyomas, multiple intramural, uterus
- chronic cervicitis, mild, with squamous metaplasia and nabothian cysts
Microscopic description:
Sections of the uterus disclose a small area showing a well-differentiated endometriod carcinoma which has infiltrated the immediate underlying endometrium. The rest of the endometrium is atrophic. Within the myometrium are leiomyomas with bland features, the largest among these being extensively fibrotic with focal calcification. In the cervix is a mild chronic inflammation with a prominent reserve cell hyperplasia and cystic mucous glands.
The radical operation because she isn't going to get pregnant because of her age, the cancer isn't metastaisized, and she has prolapse.  (+ info)

describe the pathophysiology of lung cancer caused by cigarette smoking?

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lung cancer caused by cigarette smoking, hyperplasia, dysplasia, metaplasia, anaplasia, cillia, smoking ceasation
I'm not a doctor or have any professional or eductional teachings of cancer. But I found out last year from the D.A.R.E. program at my son's school is that each time you smoke a cigarette, the chemicals that are in the smoke are drawn into your lungs and they adhere to the vili in the bronchial tubes. This tar substance lines the tubes and weighs heavy on the vili, hairlike tissue that is used to clean the air that enters the lung. The tar substance ends up lining the tubes and narrows them, like cholestrol in arteries, making the tubes smaller and smaller. This makes it harder for the lungs to inhale air and the lungs stop absorbing the oxygen they need to properly oxygenate the blood cells. Your lungs have to work harder to inhale oxygen and your blood cells carry less oxygen to all the other organs. Also the tar substance will eventually close of some tubes all together and will less oxygen in the lung itself, lung tissue cells die off and are never replaced. Parts of your lung die, parts can't work properly and other parts form cancer cells.

This is part of the information that my son brought home from D.A.R.E. 2 years ago and I stopped smoking after reading this. I don't know how my damage my lungs are in or if I will end up with cancer some day from the 13 years of smoking I did do, but I do notice that I breath better, I don't cough or wease anymore and I have more energy. My son saved me.  (+ info)

A 60 year old farmer presents with multiple patches of discoloration on his face.?

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biopsy of lesional skin reveals actinic keratosis. which of the following terms best describes the response of the skin to chronic sunlight exposure?

Atrophy
dysplasia
hypertrophy
metaplasia
Look at your study notes and your textbook. This is not a cheating service.

But because I'm so nice, I'll narrow your choices: it's not atrophy or hypertrophy.  (+ info)

ON CERVICITIS, ITS MEANING AND CAUSES?

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What does chronic endocervicitis with squamous metaplasia mean? What are its causes
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In endoscopy my doc. said I have short segment barrett's but my biopsy say no?

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biopsy result of EG junction mucosa: Gastric body-type mucosa with mild/moderate chronic infalamation and few reactive lymphfoliicless no intestinal metaplasia. .. so which one is true endoscopy or biopsy?
Endoscopy will tell you that you may have or suspect Barrett's but biopsy results give the definite diagnosis. In Barrett's esophagus, because of constant acid reflux, the esophageal squamous mucosa is replaced by specialized columnar cells resembling intestine with goblet cells. Gastric epithelia may also be found in the areas suspeced of Barrett's but gastric epithelia alone without intestinal metaplasia and goblet cells does not make the diagnosis of Barret's esophagus. In your case, you probably have some gastric metaplasia with mild to moderate esophagitis. But with continued acid reflux with out treatment, you may get Barrett's eosphagus.  (+ info)

Endometrial cancer diagnosis ?'s!?

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Hi everyone! If someone can please give me some insight to this diagnosis it would be greatly appreciated! I don't understand the "probable" or "well differentiated" part
Offical Diagnosis: Complex hyperplasia and probable well differentiated adenocarcinoma with squamous metaplasia confined to endometrial cavity.
Thank You!
I know it can be difficult when doctors use words like "probable". Part of my job requires that I determine the meaning of these words when analyzing cancer cases. “Probable” means the pathologist is 99% sure it is cancer and this report is taken as positive for cancer. "Well differentiated" is the grade of the cancer. This determines its aggressiveness. It is a 4 grade system with "well differentiated" being the least aggressive. Adenocarcinoma is one of the most common cancers found in the body. The tissue surrounding this cancer has cells that look abnormal, but is not yet cancer.  (+ info)

tumor breast mcq step 1?

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A 49-year-old homemaker presents to her physician because she noticed a lump in her breast during self-examination. Biopsy of the lump demonstrates invasive ductal carcinoma. The connective tissue adjacent to the nests of tumor is very densely collagenous. This is an example of which of the following processes?
A. Anaplasia
B. Carcinoma in situ
C. Desmoplasia
D. Dysplasia
E. Metaplasia
C. Desmoplasia.

Blessings  (+ info)

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