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carcinoma
(redirected from tubular 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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Other types of breast cancer include tubular carcinoma, mucinous carcinoma, cribriform carcinoma, medullary-like carcinoma and papillary carcinoma.
Distinguishing features of tubular carcinoma include malignant cells invading tissue as tubular structures, not typically seen in radial scars and lacking a myoepithelial layer.
Diagnosis and ultrastructure of the tubular carcinoma of salivary gland ducts: epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma of the intercalated ducts [in German].
 
 
 
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