What does adrenocortical carcinoma mean?

Here's a list of possible definitions for the term adrenocortical carcinoma:

Freebase

  1. Adrenocortical carcinoma

    Adrenocortical carcinoma, also adrenal cortical carcinoma and adrenal cortex cancer, is an aggressive cancer originating in the cortex of the adrenal gland. Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare tumor, with incidence of 1-2 per million population annually. Adrenocortical carcinoma has a bimodal distribution by age, with cases clustering in children under 5, and in adults 30–40 years old. Adrenocortical carcinoma is remarkable for the many hormonal syndromes which can occur in patients with steroid hormone-producing tumors, including Cushing's syndrome, Conn syndrome, virilization, and feminization. Adrenocortical carcinoma has often invaded nearby tissues or metastasized to distant organs at the time of diagnosis, and the overall 5-year survival rate is only 20-35%.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Adrenocortical Carcinoma

    A malignant neoplasm of the ADRENAL CORTEX. Adrenocortical carcinomas are unencapsulated anaplastic (ANAPLASIA) masses sometimes exceeding 20 cm or 200 g. They are more likely to be functional than nonfunctional, and produce ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES that may result in hypercortisolism (CUSHING SYNDROME); HYPERALDOSTERONISM; and/or VIRILISM.

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of adrenocortical carcinoma in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of adrenocortical carcinoma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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