---------- Doug wrote :
> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>>Doug can't see the difference between using the word
>>cancer (actually, the correct term I believe would be malignant
>>carcinoma)
>
> Carincoma is a type of cancer.
no, carcinoma *is* cancer (from latin carcinoma and greek karkinoma, which comes from karkinos, crab). Both, carcinoma and cancer,mean "malignant tumor". There is no "non"malignant cancer (or carcinoma).
ciao, alessandro