Carcinoma

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Carcinoma


  • malignant tumour of epithelium
  • examples
    • squamous cell carcinoma
    • adenocarcinoma
    • transitional cell carcinoma
  • common compared to sarcoma
  • metastasises mainly through lymph
  • has an in-situ phase before it breaks through basement membrane
  • usually occurs over 50 years old
 

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