carcinoma
carcinoma
Definition
car·ci·noma (kär′sə nō′mə)
noun pl. carcinomas -·mas or carcinomata -·mata (-mə tə)
any of several kinds of cancerous growths deriving from epithelial cells
Etymology: L < Gr karkinōma, cancer < karkinoun, affect with a cancer < karkinos, crab: see cancer
carcinoma
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- cervix: A retrospective study was carried out on 74 patients with locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix.
- esophagus: The reason was a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the proximal esophagus in the previously irradiated region.
- bronchus: Shipman certified that the cause of her death was carcinoma of the bronchus.
- esophagus: About 5 % of patients with long standing disease develop squamous carcinoma of the esophagus.
- pancreas: Russell R C G. Clinical presentation of carcinoma of the pancreas.
Converse of object
- infiltrate: In 17 cases ( 12 % ) the dysplasia lesion recurred, in 11 ( 7.8 % ) an infiltrating carcinoma arose.
Noun used with modifier
- squamous-cell: Use a water-based product; it will let your sweat glands do their work as it decreases your risk of squamous-cell carcinoma.
- cell: A Phase III trial in renal cell carcinoma is planned to start in 2006.
- bladder: Many patients reviewed during a course of radical radiotherapy for bladder carcinoma have urinary flow symptoms, which may suggest impaired bladder emptying.
- colon: She subsequently developed two metachronous primary tumors: a small-cell lung cancer and a colon carcinoma.
- small-cell: Warde P, Payne D. Does thoracic irradiation improve survival and local control in limited-stage small-cell carcinoma of the lung?
- gallbladder: Previous studies report associations that may be due to the older age of the gallbladder carcinoma patient.
Adjective modifier
- squamous: Last update: 08 July 2005 QUESTION I was treated for anal squamous cell carcinoma four years ago.
- hepatocellular: There was a single hepatocellular carcinoma in the female high dose group.
- basal: Below is an example of a basal cell carcinoma.
- nasopharyngeal: Our findings, together with review of the publications, provided clinical data for developing the current UICC staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
- gastric: Do Japanese statistics on gastric carcinoma need to be revised?
- renal: A Phase III trial in renal cell carcinoma is planned to start in 2006.
Preposition: in
- situ: II: estimates of the transition time from dysplasia to carcinoma in situ.
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