Cancer Types And The Cells They Originate From

Carcinoma

When a patient's cancer initially develops in the skin cells or the cells that make up the lining of certain other organs, it is called carcinoma. Carcinoma is the most common type of cancer that develops in the human body, and it has the potential to metastasize to other regions of the body but is not as aggressive as other forms of cancer. Basal cell carcinoma is a type of carcinoma that develops in the lowest part of the epidermis or basal layer and is the most common form of skin cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma, the second most common type of skin cancer, develops from the flat cells that make up the skin's outermost layer (squamous cells). Renal cell carcinoma is the most prevalent form of cancer in the kidney and develops in the cells that make up the tubule linings. Ductal carcinoma in situ, the most common form of breast cancer, forms in the cells that make up the milk duct lining. Invasive ductal carcinoma develops when a ductal carcinoma penetrates past the duct wall into local breast tissues.

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