Neoplastic Process
undifferentiated carcinoma
un·dif·fer·en·ti·at·ed car·ci·no·ma
Definitions related to undifferentiated carcinoma:
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(carcinoma, undifferentiated, malignant) A malignant epithelial neoplasm exhibiting poor differentiation (anaplasia).CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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A usually aggressive malignant epithelial neoplasm composed of atypical cells which do not display evidence of glandular, squamous, or transitional cell differentiation.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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