carcinoma
Malignant tissue growth
Carcinoma is a cancer arising from epithelial tissue—the cells that line organs, glands, and body surfaces.
Most cancers of the breast, lung, colon, and skin are carcinomas.
The word is medical terminology, more specific than the general term cancer: The biopsy revealed a squamous cell carcinoma.
Plural: carcinomas or carcinomata.
Glandular tissue malignancy
- ductalOf or relating to ducts
- lobularHaving small rounded divisions
- papillaryHaving small projections
- nasopharyngealRelating to nose-throat junction
colorectal · esophageal · gastric · pancreatic · prostatic · cervical · endometrial · ovarian
Abnormal tissue mass
- malignancyCancerous, invasive growth
- dysplasiaAbnormal tissue formation
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- cytologyStudy of cells
differentiation · grading · staging · biopsy · biomarker · mitosis · invasion · stroma
Tissue sample for diagnosis
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- mammographyBreast cancer screening X-ray
- colonoscopyLarge intestine examination
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
ultrasound · PSA · pathologist · staging
Cancer spreading beyond origin
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- spreadTo distribute widely
- angiogenesisFormation of new vessels
- lymphaticOf fluid-draining vessels
dissemination · extravasation · colonization · staging · prognosis · recurrence · progression · infiltration
Anti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- immunotherapyDisease treatment via body's defenses
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
adjuvant · oncologist · remission · response · palliative · mastectomy · colectomy · Whipple
Tumor-inducing genetic element
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- apoptosisProgrammed cell death
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- epigeneticsHeritable expression changes, sequence intact
adenocarcinoma
Glandular tissue malignancy
nasopharyngeal · colorectal · esophageal · gastric · pancreatic · prostatic · cervical · endometrial · ovarian · thyroid
neoplasm
Abnormal tissue mass
- malignancyCancerous, invasive growth
- dysplasiaAbnormal tissue formation
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
cytology · differentiation · grading · staging · biopsy · biomarker · mitosis · invasion · stroma · epithelial
biopsy
Tissue sample for diagnosis
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- mammographyBreast cancer screening X-ray
- colonoscopyLarge intestine examination
MRI · ultrasound · PSA · pathologist · staging
metastasis
Cancer spreading beyond origin
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- spreadTo distribute widely
- angiogenesisFormation of new vessels
lymphatic · dissemination · extravasation · colonization · staging · prognosis · recurrence · progression · infiltration
chemotherapy
Anti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- immunotherapyDisease treatment via body's defenses
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
resection · adjuvant · oncologist · remission · response · palliative · mastectomy · colectomy · Whipple
oncogene
Tumor-inducing genetic element
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- apoptosisProgrammed cell death
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
epigenetics · BRCA · HER2
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- diseasescancer, diabetes, tuberculosis, influenza, measles
- Cancermalignant, metastasis, tumor growth, staging, prognosis
- oncologycancer, tumor, metastasis, malignancy, oncogene
- growthsgrowth, growths, tumor, tumors, tumour
- tumorstumor, cancer, benign tumor, malignant tumor, adenocarcinoma
carcinomahealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · benignity · wholesomeness · soundness · normalcy
carcinomabenign tumor
Harmless abnormal growth
adenoma · fibroma · lipoma · benign growth · papilloma
- renal cell carcinomaKidney's most common malignancy
- basal cell carcinomaEpidermal malignancy, rarely metastatic
carcinogen, carcinogenic, carcinogens, carcinogenesis, carcinomas, carcinogenicity