ADC, the national association of Arab Americans, is a grassroots civil rights organization that works in every sphere of public life to promote and defend the rights of the Arab American community.
Adrenal cancer is a rare malignancy. In the United States, there are only about 500 new cases each year. At diagnosis, most individuals are between 30 and 50 years of age or are younger than 5 years of age (Source: OncoLink).
1 Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the outer layer of the adrenal gland. 2  Having certain genetic conditions increases the risk of adrenocortical carcinoma.3  Symptoms of adrenocortical carcinoma include pain in the abdomen.fter adrenocortical carcinoma has been diagnosed, tests are done to find out if cancer cells have spread within the adrenal gland or to other parts of the body. The process used to find out if cancer has spread within the adrenal gland or to other parts of the body is called staging.