#carcinoma  any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
  supertype:  cancer__malignant_neoplastic_disease  any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
  subtype:  liver_cancer__livercancer__cancer_of_the_liver  malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort
  subtype:  adenocarcinoma__glandular_cancer__glandularcancer__glandular_carcinoma__glandularcarcinoma  malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
     subtype:  prostate_cancer__prostatic_adenocarcinoma__prostaticadenocarcinoma  cancer of the prostate gland
  subtype:  breast_cancer  cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US
  subtype:  carcinoma_in_situ__preinvasive_cancer__preinvasivecancer  a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body
  subtype:  colon_cancer__coloncancer  a malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools
  subtype:  embryonal_carcinoma  malignant neoplasm of the testis
  subtype:  endometrial_carcinoma__endometrialcarcinoma__endometrial_cancer__endometrialcancer  cancer of the uterine lining
  subtype:  malignant_hepatoma__malignanthepatoma__hepatoma__hepatocarcinoma__hepatocellular_carcinoma  carcinoma of the liver
  subtype:  lung_cancer  carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer
  subtype:  mesothelioma  a rare form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust
  subtype:  oat_cell_carcinoma__small_cell_carcinoma  highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas
  subtype:  oral_cancer  malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60
  subtype:  pancreatic_cancer  cancer of the pancreas
  subtype:  seminoma__testicular_cancer  malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men
  subtype:  skin_cancer  a malignant neoplasm of the skin
     subtype:  cancroid__squamous_cell_carcinoma  the most common form of skin cancer
     subtype:  epithelioma  a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue
     subtype:  malignant_melanoma__malignantmelanoma__melanoma  any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
  subtype:  trophoblastic_cancer__trophoblasticcancer  malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorion

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