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carcinoma
any malignant cancer that arises from epithelial cells
Pathology:
- may invade surrounding tissues & organs & may metastasize to lymph nodes & other sites.
- classified by its histopathological appearance
Laboratory:
- distance of carcinoma from surgical margin
- extranodal extension of carcinoma in cancer specimen
- dermal lymph-vascular invasion in cancer specimen
- circulating tumor cell count (response to treatment & prognosis)
Complications:
- paraneoplastic syndrome
- inflammatory polyarthritis
- dermatomyositis
Interactions
disease interactions
Related
aberrantly expressed proteins/genes in cancer
Specific
adenocarcinoma
adenoid cystic carcinoma
adenosquamous carcinoma
adrenal cortical carcinoma
basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
biliary carcinoma
cancer of unknown primary
carcinoma in situ
carcinoma of the lung
carcinomatosis
choriocarcinoma
choroid plexus carcinoma
clear cell carcinoma
endometrial cancer (carcinoma)
islet cell tumor; pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm; nesidioblastoma
mucoepidermoid carcinoma
neuroendocrine carcinoma
parathyroid carcinoma
rectal carcinoma
sebaceous carcinoma
small cell carcinoma
squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
teratocarcinoma
thymic carcinoma
thyroid carcinoma
urothelial carcinoma (transitional cell carcinoma)
General
epithelial neoplasm
malignant neoplasm (cancer)
References
- Wikipedia: Carcinoma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoma
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, 18
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012, 2018.