adenocarcinomaImported
A common cancer characterized by the presence of malignant glandular cells. Morphologically, adenocarcinomas are classified according to the growth pattern (e.g., papillary, alveolar) or according to the secreting product (e.g., mucinous, serous). Representative examples of adenocarcinoma are ductal and lobular breast carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma), colon adenocarcinoma, and prostate adenocarcinoma.
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Exact Synonyms
adenocarcinoma NOS (morphologic abnormality)
adenocarcinoma, malignant
adenocarcinoma, no subtype (morphologic abnormality)
adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinomas
Related Synonyms
ADNOS
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- CRISP Thesaurus 2006, Term Number 2000-0386, http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/Thesaurus/00000107.htm Date accessed: 1st Novemeber 2007
- CSP:2000-0386
- adenocarcinomadoid
- adenocarcinomaefo
- ICDO:8140/3
- MEDGEN:122
- MESH:D000230
- adenocarcinomamondo
- Adenocarcinomancit
- ONCOTREE:ADNOS
- SCTID:443961001
- UMLS:C0001418
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