What is mucinous adenocarcinoma?

Mucinous adenocarcinoma is a type of cancer that consists of at least 60% mucus. Adenocarcinoma may occur in many different parts of the body, although it always occurs in the type of tissue known as epithelial tissue. These specialized cells are found in the lining of different organs and these types of cancer are most common in the large intestine, liver, lungs and breasts. If adenocarcinoma is classified as mucinous, it can spread faster and is much harder to treat.

There are many different types of mucinous adenocarcinoma. They are common in the organs of the digestive, endocrine and reproductive system, as well as in the lungs and liver. Cancer will behave differently depending on the organ in which mucinous adenocarcinoma has developed. Once discovered, a treatment plan will be developed on the basis of how cancer in the affected organ generally reacts.

Although the cancer in the patient's body will be largely affectedMucinous adenocarcinoma is generally an aggressive form of cancer. The mucus in the tumor allows cancer to spread rapidly, giving doctors a limited time to treat the disease before it metastasizes or becomes a terminal. The treatment of these types of cancer is also generally aggressive and may include a combination of chemotherapy, surgery, radiation and alternative treatments. Although mucinous adenocarcinoma is aggressive cancer, the chances of the patient to survive the disease differ significantly depending on which organ is affected and how well differentiated are cancer cells.

Cancer cells can be well differentiated, appearing similar to healthy cells, or may be poorly differentiated and show abnormalities in physical makeup and cell structures. These cells are held together in the form of a tumor, healthy cells are split faster and do not die, as well as normal cells. The mucus content in the tumor allows cells to divide even faster than normalNo. Epithelial cells are often surrounded by mucus, which makes adenocarcinoma more likely to be formed into mucinous cancer than cancer that come from other types of cells.