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Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a nerve -damaging side effect of antineoplastic agents in the common cancer treatment, chemotherapy. [ 1] CIPN afflicts between 30% and 40% of patients undergoing chemotherapy. Antineoplastic agents in chemotherapy are designed to eliminate rapidly dividing cancer cells, but they can also ...
The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O) is a domain-specific extension of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems for tumor diseases. This classification is widely used by cancer registries. It is currently in its third revision (ICD-O-3). ICD-10 includes a list of ...
Cancer pain. Pain in cancer may arise from a tumor compressing or infiltrating nearby body parts; from treatments and diagnostic procedures; or from skin, nerve and other changes caused by a hormone imbalance or immune response. Most chronic (long-lasting) pain is caused by the illness and most acute (short-term) pain is caused by treatment or ...
Cancer treatment. A patient prepared for radiation therapy. Specialty. Oncology. ICD-10-PCS. 110000053. [ edit on Wikidata] Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [ 1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation ...
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma ( EMRS) is a rare histological form of cancer in the connective tissue wherein the mesenchymally-derived cells ( rhabdomyoblasts) resemble the primitive developing skeletal muscle of the embryo. It is the most common soft tissue sarcoma occurring in children. [ 1]
The ICD coding for rare diseases is the International Classification of Diseases code used for the purpose of documenting rare diseases. It is important for health insurance reimbursement, administration, epidemiology, and research. Of the approximately 7,000 rare diseases, only about 500 have a specific code.
Hepatology, oncology. A liver metastasisis a malignant tumor in the liver that has spread from another organ affected by cancer. The liveris a common site for metastatic disease because of its rich, dual blood supply (the liver receives blood via the hepatic artery and portal vein). Metastatic tumors in the liver are 20 times more common than ...
Penile cancer is a rare cancer in developed nations, with annual incidence varying from 0.3 to 1 per 100,000 per year, accounting for around 0.4–0.6% of all malignancies. [4] The annual incidence is approximately 1 in 100,000 men in the United States, [ 28 ] 1 in 250,000 in Australia, [ 29 ] and 0.82 per 100,000 in Denmark. [ 30 ]