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URETERAL-CANCER


check date: 10/06/2002
checker: Pamela
origination date: 06/06/2002
originator: Clara
subject field: medicine: disease

Conceptual Structures
ISAMALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-KIDNEY-AND-OTHER-AND-UNSPECIFIED-URINARY-ORGANS
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-GENITOURINARY-ORGANS
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-KIDNEY-AND-OTHER-AND-UNSPECIFIED-URINARY-ORGANS
PHYSICAL-EVENT
URINARY-TRACT-CANCER


English
ureteral cancerdefinition: rare cancer of the tubes going from the kidneys to the bladder in which smoking is the main risk factor. Symptoms may include blood in the urine and pain or cramps in the back. Frequent and painful urination occurs in about half the people diagnosed with ureteral cancer. Diagnosis procedures may include urinalysis, cystoscopy, ureteropyloscopy, and IVP. Treatment option is surgery, although radiation therapy may also be used as a palliative treatment. Ureteral cancer occurs most frequently in people over the age of 60 and is about four times more likely to appear in men as in women. (en)
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

Spanish
cáncer de uréterdefinition: atípico cáncer del conducto que comunica el riñón con la vejiga, en el cual el consumo de tabaco constituye un factor de riesgo importante. Los síntomas comprenden sangre en la orina y dolor de espalda y calambres. Aproximadamente el 50% de los pacientes orinan con más frecuencia de lo habitual y con molestias. Entre las técnicas diagnósticas destacan análisis de orina, citoscopia, ureteropiloscopia y pielograma intravenoso. El tratamiento de elección lo constituye la cirugía, aunque se puede aplicar la radioterapia como tratamiento paliativo. El cáncer de uréter presenta una incidencia más alta en personas mayores de 60 años y es cuatro veces más frecuente en varones que en mujeres. (es)
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term