adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinoma
Definition
ad·eno·car·ci·noma (-kär′sə nō′mə)
adenocarcinoma
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- differentiate: There were no cases of CR inpatients with well differentiated adenocarcinoma.
- develop: Barrett's esophagus males are more likely to develop oesophageal adenocarcinoma than females.
- have: There are many ladies on Jo's who have had adenocarcinoma.
Adjective modifier
- mucinous: I'm 39 years old and was diagnosed with mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix in February 2005.
- ductal: Overall, 541 eligible patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma were randomized.
- oesophageal: Barrett's esophagus males are more likely to develop oesophageal adenocarcinoma than females.
- well-differentiated: These cases are usually associated with primary well-differentiated mucinous adenocarcinomas of the appendix.
- pancreatic: Most patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma will not be candidates for surgical resection of their disease.
- endometrial: AB - A case is reported of endometrial adenocarcinoma of the uterus in an 85-year-old patient with an unusual spreading pattern.
Modifies a noun
- cell: Cytology showed adenocarcinoma cells consistent with a colonic primary tumor.
- patient: Tissue samples were obtained for 77 adenocarcinoma patients and 24 squamous cell cancer patients who had also filled in the questionnaire.
Noun used with modifier
- lung: A review of the epidemiology of lung adenocarcinoma, Int.
- cell: METHODS: Fifteen patients with clear cell adenocarcinomas of the cervix ( 8 FIGO stage IB, 7 FIGO stage IIB ) were reviewed.
Preposition: of
- cervix: OBJECTIVE: To determine trends in incidence of invasive adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix in East Anglia.
- esophagus: Cancer in the lower part of the esophagus is called adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
- appendix: My awesome brother was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the appendix.
- pancreas: AB - The authors present a critique of a fellow surgeon's version of multimodality therapy for patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
- stomach: AB - BACKGROUND: Surgical resection of adenocarcinoma of the stomach is curative in less than 40 percent of cases.
- lung: The pattern of genetic lesions in adenocarcinoma of the lung.
Preposition: with
- production: The pathologist report gave the final diagnosis as adenocarcinoma with mucin production.
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