noninfiltrating lobular carcinoma

  • 1carcinoma — Any of various types of malignant neoplasm derived from epithelial cells, chiefly glandular (adenocarcinoma) or squamous (squamous cell c.); the most commonly occurring kind of cancer. [G. karkinoma, fr. karkinos, cancer, + oma, tumor] Like other …

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  • 2carcinoma in situ — n carcinoma in the stage of development when the cancer cells are still within their site of origin (as the mouth or uterine cervix) abbr. CIS * * * a neoplastic entity whose tumor cells are confined to the epithelium of origin, without invasion… …

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  • 3neoplasia — The pathologic process that results in the formation and growth of a neoplasm. [neo + G. plasis, a molding] cervical intraepithelial n. dysplastic changes beginning at the squamocolumnar junction in the …

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