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carcinoma
(redirected from Mucoepidermoid carcinoma)

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carcinoma: see neoplasm neoplasm or tumor, tissue composed of cells that grow in an abnormal way. Normal tissue is growth-limited, i.e., cell reproduction is equal to cell death.
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carcinoma Pathol
1. any malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue
2. another name for cancer

carcinoma [‚kärs·ən′ō·mə]
(medicine)
A malignant epithelial tumor.


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[FIGURE 2 OMITTED] The differential diagnosis of adenosquamous carcinoma includes squamous cell carcinoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
There are several types of salivary gland cancers, which include adenoid cystic carcinoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.
9,17-19) Conversely, however, improved patient survival was associated with MUC4 expression in ovarian cancer, mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glands, and squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract.
 
 
 
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