carcinoma
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A carcinoma is a type of cancer that starts in the cells covering the body's surfaces or lining its organs, such as the skin or airways. It matters because carcinomas can grow and spread to other parts of the body, as shown in cases where cancer cells reach nearby lymph nodes, potentially becoming life-threatening.
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- Micrograph of a lung primary small cell carcinoma, a type of carcinoma. The clustered cancerous cells consist primarily of nucleus (purple); they have only a scant rim of cytoplasm. The surrounding pale staining, discoid cells are red blood cells. Cytopathology specimen. Field stain.
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18 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Histological types
- Carcinoma of unknown primary site
- ICD-10 code
- Carcinoma ''In situ''
- Pathogenesis
- Metastatic carcinoma
- Mutation
- Cause of mutations
- High frequency
- DNA repair
- Diagnosis
- Types
- Staging
- Grading
- Epidemiology
- References
- External links
thumb|Squamous cell carcinoma occluding bronchus, with lymph node metastasis
Carcinoma is a malignancy that develops from epithelial cells. Specifically, a carcinoma is a cancer that begins in a tissue that lines the inner or outer surfaces of the body, and that arises from cells originating in the endodermal, mesodermal or ectodermal germ layer during embryogenesis.