
Carcinoma: Types, Treatment & What it Is - Cleveland Clinic
2022年5月31日 · Carcinoma is cancer that forms in epithelial tissue. Epithelial tissue lines most of your organs, the internal passageways in your body (like your esophagus), and your skin. Most cancers affecting your skin, breasts, kidney, liver, lungs, pancreas, prostate gland, head and neck are carcinomas.
Types of Carcinoma: Basal Cell, Squamous Cell, and Adenocarcinoma - WebMD
2022年4月22日 · WebMD explains the symptoms of different types of carcinomas, including basal cell, squamous cell, renal cell, and invasive ductal carcinomas, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), and adenocarcinoma.
Cancer Cells: Types, How They Form, and Characteristics
2023年10月21日 · Cancer cells start to form when genes, made up of DNA, experience certain changes (mutations) that cause the cells to behave abnormally. These changes may be inherited or caused by external factors, like smoking or exposure to ultraviolet rays. Mutations can also be completely random.
Carcinoma: What is It, Metastatic, In Situ & Invasive
2022年4月29日 · Carcinoma begins in the epithelial tissue of the skin, or in the tissue that lines internal organs, such as the liver or kidneys. It's the most common type of cancer, and has two subtypes: adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
Types of carcinoma (cancer): Symptoms, treatments, and more
2021年6月11日 · Carcinoma is a common form of cancer. It develops either on the skin or in the cells that cover internal organs. Common types include adenocarcinoma and basal cell carcinoma.
What Is Cancer? - NCI - National Cancer Institute
2021年10月11日 · Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body. Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, which is made up of trillions of cells. Normally, human cells grow and multiply (through a process called cell division) to form new cells as the body needs them.
Cancer Cells: Definition, Morphology, Types, Development
2024年3月10日 · Cancer cells are cells that undergo uncontrolled growth and division, resulting in the development of an abnormal tissue mass referred to as a tumor. Unlike normal cells, which follow a regulated life cycle involving growth, division, and programmed cell death, cancer cells evade these processes.
Cancer cell - Wikipedia
Cancer cells are cells that divide continually, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood or lymph with abnormal cells. Cell division is a normal process used by the body for growth and repair.
Carcinoma - Wikipedia
Carcinomas occur when the DNA of a cell is damaged or altered and the cell begins to grow uncontrollably and becomes malignant. It is from the Greek: καρκίνωμα, romanized: karkinoma, lit. 'sore, ulcer, cancer' (itself derived from karkinos meaning crab). [4]
An Overview of Carcinoma - Verywell Health
2024年12月16日 · Carcinoma is a type of cancer that forms solid tumors in breasts, skin, internal organs, and glands. Commonly diagnosed types of carcinoma are adenocarcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, ductal carcinoma in situ, and invasive ductal carcinoma.