What is cancer?

Cancer:

The term cancer generate fear in the mind of all the general people as they think person having cancer will die quickly for sure.It is true for most of the cancers but not for the all.The general people use the term cancer but they do not what it is.The medical term for cancer is neoplasia.Actually cancer is the result of uncontrolled cell division.The excessive and uncontrolled mitosis causes cancer.A cancer generally rise from a cell only.For this it is called monoclonal origin.The cell stars to divide and do not stop.And ultimately form a mass of calls that generally called tumor.But all the tumor are not cancer.And even not all the cancers are dangerous for us.

What is fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC)?

FNAC

The short form of fine needle aspiration cytology is FNAC.We have another term that is FNAB which means fine needle aspiration biopsy.Actually  FNAC and FNAB are the same.But we use the term FNAC most.This test is invariably done by the the cyto-pathologists.FNAC which is a strong weapon to differentiate a benign tumor from a malignant one was first done at maimonides medical center.It is in USA.And it was the year 1981.

FNAC needle

In the picture you are seeing a fine needle.But in Bangladesh it is not used very much.The pathologists generally use general needle to perform FNAC.By this needle some tissue is taken from the swelling.Then it is examined under the microscope to see as there is any pathology.