carcinoma

Introduction

any malignant cancer that arises from epithelial cells

Pathology

• may invade surrounding tissues & organs & may metastasize to lymph nodes & other sites.
• classified by its histopathological appearance

Laboratory

• distance of carcinoma from surgical margin
• extranodal extension of carcinoma in cancer specimen
• dermal lymph-vascular invasion in cancer specimen
• circulating tumor cell count (response to treatment & prognosis)

Complications

• paraneoplastic syndrome
• inflammatory polyarthritis
• dermatomyositis

More general terms

• malignant neoplasm (cancer)
• epithelial neoplasm

More specific terms

• adenocarcinoma
• adenoid cystic carcinoma
• adenosquamous carcinoma
• adrenal cortical carcinoma
• basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
• biliary carcinoma
• cancer of unknown primary
• carcinoma in situ
• carcinoma of the lung
• carcinomatosis
• choriocarcinoma
• choroid plexus carcinoma
• clear cell carcinoma
• endometrial cancer (carcinoma)
• islet cell tumor; pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm; nesidioblastoma
• mucoepidermoid carcinoma
• neuroendocrine carcinoma
• parathyroid carcinoma
• rectal carcinoma
• sebaceous carcinoma
• small cell carcinoma
• squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
• teratocarcinoma
• thymic carcinoma
• thyroid carcinoma
• urothelial carcinoma (transitional cell carcinoma)

Additional terms

• aberrantly expressed proteins/genes in cancer