Benign Non-cancerous, treatment or removal is curative. Biopsy Removal of a small section of tissue to examine microscopically to determine malignancy. Biopsy can be needle aspiration, incisional or excisional. Cancer Uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that will invade or spread to other aspects of aging parts of the body. Chemotherapy Drug taken by mouth or injected into a patient's vein.
Chemotherapy agents inhibit the production of cancer cells, causing the cells to stop growing.
To provide with an opening, the formation of a permanent opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall, usually by surgical means. First Course of Treatment Beginning treatment usually initiated within four months after diagnosis. Grade Describes how much or how little a tumor resembles the normal tissue from which it arose. Histology Science of tissues which deals with minute structures, composition, and function of the tissues. Leukemia Malignant disease found in bone marrow and other blood forming organs.