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adenocarcinoma

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A common cancer characterized by the presence of malignant glandular cells. Morphologically, adenocarcinomas are classified according to the growth pattern (e.g., papillary, alveolar) or according to the secreting product (e.g., mucinous, serous). Representative examples of adenocarcinoma are ductal and lobular breast carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma), colon adenocarcinoma, and prostate adenocarcinoma. [ ]

Term info

Label

adenocarcinoma

Synonyms
  • adenocarcinoma
  • adenocarcinoma NOS (morphologic abnormality)
  • adenocarcinoma, malignant
  • adenocarcinoma, no subtype (morphologic abnormality)
  • adenocarcinomas
database cross reference
closeMatch

http://identifiers.org/snomedct/189582009, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/189578007, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/35917007

exactMatch

http://identifiers.org/mesh/D000230, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/443961001, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0001418, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C2852, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_299

id

EFO:0000228