CARCINOMA
Definition:
- [noun] any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
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Related Words:
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liver cancer, cancer of the liver
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adenocarcinoma, glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma
- breast cancer
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carcinoma in situ, preinvasive cancer
- colon cancer
- embryonal carcinoma
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endometrial carcinoma, endometrial cancer
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hepatoma, malignant hepatoma, hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma
- lung cancer
- mesothelioma
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oat cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma
- oral cancer
- pancreatic cancer
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seminoma, testicular cancer
- skin cancer
- trophoblastic cancer
