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

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  • skin cancer 3 facts

    A malignant neoplasm of the skin.

  • adenocarcinoma 1 facts

    Malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium.

  • carcinoma in situ 0 facts

    A cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue...

  • oat cell carcinoma 0 facts

    Highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little...

  • breast cancer 0 facts

    Cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US.

  • mesothelioma 0 facts

    A form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated...

  • embryonal carcinoma 0 facts

    Malignant neoplasm of the testis.

  • pancreatic cancer 0 facts

    Cancer of the pancreas.

  • colon cancer 0 facts

    A malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools.

  • oral cancer 0 facts

    Malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60.

  • seminoma 0 facts

    Malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men.

  • endometrial carcinoma 0 facts

    Cancer of the uterine lining.

  • liver cancer 0 facts

    Malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another...

  • trophoblastic cancer 0 facts

    Malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorio...

  • lung cancer 0 facts

    Carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer.

  • hepatoma 0 facts

    Carcinoma of the liver.