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carcinoma in situ

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carcinoma in situ [‚kärs·ən′ō·mə in ′si·chü]
(medicine)
A malignant tumor in the premetastatic stage, when cells are at the site of origin.


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In 1993, a skin biopsy of a lesion on his right elbow was positive for squamous cell carcinoma in situ.
The patient sought further care at an outside institution, where biopsy demonstrated carcinoma in situ at the lateral true vocal folds bilaterally.
Some will ask, ``Do you really need to hear Celine Dion tell you what carcinoma in situ means when it's written right there on the screen?
 
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