Neoplastic Process
adenocarcinoma Audio
ad·e·no·car·ci·no·ma [ ad-n-oh-kahr-suh-noh-muh ]
Subclass of:
Carcinoma
Etymology:
Greek aden = gland + karkinos = a crab + -oma = tumor or neoplasm
Definitions related to adenocarcinoma:
  • (adenocarcinoma, malignant) A malignant neoplasm arising from glandular cells.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • 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.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A malignant epithelial tumor with a glandular organization.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A type of cancer that grows in the layer of tissue known as the epithelium. This tissue lines organs and structures in the body, protecting or enclosing them.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Cancer that begins in cells that line certain internal organs and that have gland-like (secretory) properties.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Carcinoma derived from glandular tissue or in which tumor cells form recognizable glandular structures.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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