Cancer:
Czynniki ryzyka: -diet low in fibre, -heredity, -ageing, -polyposis of colon, -ulcerative colitis, being male.
Symptomy : -rectal bleeding, -blood in the stools, -abdominal pain, -anaemia, -weight loss, -bowel obstruction, -metastases, -change in the bowel habits (like diarrhoea/ constipation)
Badanie: -examination per rectum, -endoscopic(colonoscopy, rectoscopy), -biopsy
Leczenie: -surgical excision of the tumour( laparotomy, colostomy ), -radiation therapy, chemotherapy
Typy: malignant - złośliwy
Benign - łagodny
Carcinoma - gruczolakorak
Sarcoma - mięsak
Leukemia - białaczka
Lymphoma - chłoniak
Myeloma - szpiczak
Central nervous system cancers