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Lee and his family have inspired in you a desire to find out more about how to prevent and treat this disorder (Adrenal carcinoma). In your medical genetics textbook, you read that some genetic disorders have specific treatments and/or prevention strategies. The symptoms and progression of phenylketonuria (PKU), for example, can be mitigated with a strict diet that limits phenylalanine intake. Cystic fibrosis is treated with palpitations (tapping) of the chest to loosen mucus and with antibiotics to help prevent infection, among other strategies. Most genetic disorders, however, do not have such clear cut recommendations.

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Adrenal carcinoma is a rare disease in which there is an abnormal growth of the adreenal carcinoma.
There is no risk factor for the adrenal carcinoma therefore without the risk factors the prevention of adrenal carcinoma is not possible.
Treatment: Surgery is recommended for the stage I & stage II of adrenal carcinoma. In this the entire adrenal gland will be removed.
At the stage III also surgery is performed after that an adjuvant treatment with radiation/moisture may be given.
When the disease is at the last stage then it can not be cured with surgery however some doctors may also be recommended the removal of as much as tumor possible (Debulking).
By radiation therapy symptoms can be removed .
Chemotherapy can also be used.

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