What is Adrenal Cancer?
What is Adrenal Cancer?
- Adrenal Cancer: A malignant cancer that develops in the adrenal gland. The tumor may be nonfunctioning (does not produce hormones) or functioning in which case excessive levels of hormones can cause a variety of symptoms depending on which hormone is involved. Adrenal hormones made in the cortex (outer part of the gland) are aldosterone, corticosteroids and androgenic steroids. Adrenalin and noradrenalin are the hormones made in the medulla (central part of the adrenal gland).
Adrenal Cancer: Introduction
Types of Adrenal Cancer:
Types of Adrenal Cancer:
Broader types of Adrenal Cancer:
How serious is Adrenal Cancer?
Complications of Adrenal Cancer:
see complications of Adrenal Cancer
What causes Adrenal Cancer?
Causes of Adrenal Cancer: see causes of Adrenal Cancer
Risk factors for Adrenal Cancer:
see
risk factors for Adrenal Cancer
What are the symptoms of Adrenal Cancer?
Symptoms of Adrenal Cancer:
see symptoms of Adrenal Cancer
Complications of Adrenal Cancer:
see complications of Adrenal Cancer
Can anyone else get Adrenal Cancer?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
Adrenal Cancer: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Adrenal Cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Adrenal Cancer.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Adrenal Cancer:
see treatments for Adrenal Cancer
Research for Adrenal Cancer:
see research for Adrenal Cancer
Society issues for Adrenal Cancer
Hospitalization statistics for Adrenal Cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Adrenal Cancer:
- 0.013% (1,691) of hospital consultant episodes were for malignant neoplasm of adrenal gland in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 93% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of adrenal gland required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 53% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of adrenal gland were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 47% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of adrenal gland were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 20% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of adrenal gland required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of adrenal gland in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Adrenal Cancer:
Organs and body systems related to Adrenal Cancer include:
Name and Aliases of Adrenal Cancer
Main name of condition: Adrenal Cancer
Class of Condition for Adrenal Cancer: cancer
Other names or spellings for Adrenal Cancer:
Adrenal tumor
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