atypical ductal breast hyperplasia
A benign (not cancer) condition in which there are more cells than normal in the lining of breast ducts and the cells look abnormal under a microscope.
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206 matchesatypical ductal hyperplasia
Atypical ductal hyperplasia is a benign breast condition marked by abnormal appearing cells that raises the future risk of breast cancer.
Read definitionatypical lobular hyperplasia
A marker of raised risk in both breasts rather than a lesion that becomes cancer where it sits.
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Listening to sounds produced within the body, usually with a stethoscope.
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Basophils are the least common white blood cell type, releasing histamine and other chemicals that help drive allergic reactions and certain inflammatory responses.
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Tissue removed from the body and examined under a microscope to determine whether disease is present.
Read definitionbone marrow aspiration
This procedure obtains a liquid marrow sample and is frequently performed together with a separate technique that removes a small solid core.
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A procedure in which a small sample of bone with bone marrow inside it is removed, usually from the hip bone.
Read definitionbrain metastasis
Cancer in the brain has far more often arrived from elsewhere than started there, and that origin decides how it is treated.
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Bronchial describes anything relating to the bronchi, the large airways connecting the windpipe to the lungs, as in bronchial asthma or bronchial breath sounds.
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A procedure in which cells are taken from the inside of the airways that lead to the lungs.
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A procedure in which cells are taken from the inside of the airways that lead to the lungs.
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A procedure in which cells are taken from the inside of the airways that lead to the lungs.
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A procedure that uses a bronchoscope to examine the inside of the trachea, bronchi (air passages that lead to the lungs), and lungs.
Read definitioncarcinoma in situ
Abnormal cells that look like cancer under the microscope but have not yet crossed the boundary that would let them spread.
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A type of cell that looks clear inside when viewed under a microscope.
Read definitionclear cell adenocarcinoma
A rare type of tumor, usually of the female genital tract, in which the insides of the cells look clear when viewed under a microscope.
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A description of what the cells look like on a slide, applied to tumors that arise in several unrelated organs.
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A rare type of kidney cancer, in which the inside of the cells look clear when viewed under a microscope.
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A shape rather than an event: the cell was never cut, and the folded outline is simply what a pathologist reports seeing.
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