Anal cancer
Anal cancer: Introduction
Anal cancer: A cancerous malignancy that is located anatomically in the anus.
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causes of Anal cancer, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Anal cancer: Symptom Checker
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Anal cancer
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Medical Books Excerpts
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- Rectal pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Rectal pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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Anal cancer: Medical Mistakes
Anal cancer: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Anal cancer
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The digestive system contains a variety of "good" bacteria that aid digestion,
and...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,
but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut....read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's ...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can...read more »
Spitz nevi misdiagnosed as dangerous melanoma skin cancer: One possible misdiagnosis to
consider in lieu of melanoma is spitz nevi.
See melanoma and ...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms ...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, ...read more »
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Anal cancer: Related Rare Diseases
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Anal cancer
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Definitions of Anal cancer:
Cancer relating to the anus. Tumors of the anal margin (below the anal verge and involving the perianal hair-bearing skin) are classified with skin tumors.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Anal cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Anal cancer, or a subtype of Anal cancer,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
- (Source - National Institute of Health)
Detailed list of causes of Anal cancer
The list below shows some of the causes of Anal cancer mentioned in various sources:
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How Common are these Causes of Anal cancer?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Anal cancer.
Of the 2
causes of Anal cancer that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 0
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 0
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 1
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Anal cancer
Conditions listing symptoms: Anal cancer:
The following list of conditions
have 'Anal cancer' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
A
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
... anal cancer
Conditions listing complications: Anal cancer:
The following list of conditions
have 'Anal cancer' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
H
Human Papillomavirus
... anal cancer
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Causes of Anal cancer Based on Risk Factors
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on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
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Classifications of Anal cancer:
Medical Conditions associated with Anal cancer:
Anal symptoms (266 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes)
Symptoms related to Anal cancer:
Anal symptoms (266 causes), Rectal symptoms (266 causes), Rectal bleeding (229 causes), Internal bleeding (3 causes), Anal pain (7 causes), Rectal pain (8 causes), Anal bleeding. Anal itching, Anal discharge, Anal lump (8 causes), Squamous cell cancer, Colorectal cancer
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