Carcinoma
Of cancer.
Any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer.
This concept's ID is @1~71755
Contains
- skin cancer
A malignant neoplasm of the skin.
- adenocarcinoma
Malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium.
- carcinoma in situ
A cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue...
- oat cell carcinoma
Highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little...
- breast cancer
Cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US.
- mesothelioma
A form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated...
- embryonal carcinoma
Malignant neoplasm of the testis.
- pancreatic cancer
Cancer of the pancreas.
- colon cancer
A malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools.
- oral cancer
Malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60.
- seminoma
Malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men.
- endometrial carcinoma
Cancer of the uterine lining.
- liver cancer
Malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another...
- trophoblastic cancer
Malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorio...
- lung cancer
Carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer.
- hepatoma
Carcinoma of the liver.