Diseases

Carcinoma in Situ

A lesion with cytological characteristics associated with invasive carcinoma but the tumor cells are confined to the epithelium of origin, without invasion of the basement membrane.

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Abstract

A lesion with cytological characteristics associated with invasive carcinoma but the tumor cells are confined to the epithelium of origin, without invasion of the basement membrane.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Carcinoma, Intraepithelial
  • Carcinoma, Preinvasive
  • Intraepithelial Carcinoma
  • Preinvasive Carcinoma
  • Intraepithelial Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms, Intraepithelial
  • Intraepithelial Neoplasm
  • Neoplasm, Intraepithelial

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Aspects Covered

38 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coord IM with precoord organ/neopl term (IM)

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History Note

73

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Previous Indexing

  • Carcinoma (1966-1972)

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NLM Classification

QZ 365

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Carcinoma in Situ. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002278. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002278
  2. Carcinoma in Situ. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoma_in_situ
  3. Carcinoma in Situ. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1035645