Adenocarcinoma
Adenocarcinoma is defined as an epithelium cancer that comes from glandular tissue, containing the glands, the surface layer of skin and other tissues lining the cavities and body organs. It basically occurs in any tissue of the human body, owing to the omnipresence of glands across the body. The malignant form of the gland with exocrine function attached to the cell is termed as Adenocarcinoma. The term has been derived from ‘Adeno’, meaning thereby ‘related to a gland’ and ‘Carcinoma’ denoting a cancer grown in the epithelial cells. Currently, the most common lung cancer found among non-smokers is the adenocarcinoma of the lung.
