One of the problems in researching this kind of cancer is that in most cases when a person has a cancer of the gland tissue, the cancer is not described as adenocarcinoma, it is described as: lung cancer (adenocarcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer, making up 30-35% of all cases), liver cancer (liver cancer is primarily adenocarcinoma, with 2 major cell types: hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma), etc.
Do you see the problem? Cancers can be described in terms of their location, such as lung cancer or liver cancer; or in terms of the type of cancer cells, such as adenocarcinoma. I suspect that cancers involving the gland tissue are seldom actually refered to as adenocarcinoma or adeno carcinoma.
In using the "type of cancer" treatments on this website, such as this article, if you have a liver cancer which is an adenocarcinoma use the liver cancer article!! In other words, if there is an article on the primary location of you cancer, choose the article by location rather than this article.
If your adenocarcinoma is located in more than one location, such as in the lungs and the liver, then pick the article which involves the most dangerous location of your adenocarcinoma.
See the "Stage IV" article to find out where the most dangerous locations for a cancer are located (hint: brain cancer (due to swelling), lung cancer (due to congestion) and bone cancer in the spine (due to several reasons) are typically the most dangerous locations for a cancer.
Also if the cancer is in more than one location, take into account where the largest concentration of cancer cells are in the case.
In other words, do not use this article unless the cancer does not involve a major organ or there is no specific article for where your cancer is located.
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