| carcinoma in situ |
cancer cells which are restricted to a very local area. The abnormal cells are evident throughout each of the layers of the epithelium but they have not extended into other tissue or surrounding areas.
Ãâó: www.cervicalscreen.health.gov.au/glossary/
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| carcinoma |
a malignant tumor that tends to invade surrounding tissue and to metastasize to distant regions of the body.
Ãâó: www.xeloda.com/glossary.asp
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| carcinoma in situ |
a neoplasm that has not invaded nearby tissue but which shows the characteristics of cancer.
Ãâó: www.xeloda.com/glossary.asp
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| carcinoma |
A malignancy arising from a tissue that lines a body cavity. Skin, gut, breasts, prostate are epithelial lining cell cancers and constitute the most common form of cancers in the human body.
Ãâó: www.sharedexperience.org/Glossary.lasso
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| carcinoma in situ |
Cancer that involves only the top layers without invading deeper tissue.
Ãâó: www.northstarlodge.org/glossary.cfm
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