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carcinoma
(redirected from adenoid cystic 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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Before its characterization as a separate diagnostic entity in 1983, PLGA was classified as a variant of pleomorphic adenoma, a variant of monomorphic adenoma, an adenoid cystic carcinoma, a malignant mixed tumor, and an adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified.
Tantlinger, who has adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), began radiation treatment Monday and is expected to remain in the hospital through next week.
Tantlinger suffers from adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), a rare form of brain cancer, and was given only three months to live if he did not have the experimental surgery.
 
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