Adenocarcinoma(Archived)

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Adenocarcinoma is a malignant neoplasm arising from epithelial cells of the glands or glandular like structures. Adenocarcinoma can arise in multiple sites of the body. Some of the common sites that develop adenocarcinoma are the breast, lung, prostate, and gastrointestinal tract, like the colon, rectum, pancreas, stomach, and esophagus. Adenocarcinomas also make up 70 percent of cancer of unknown origin.