Cancer and Tumor Terms

One name across many organs, united by the flat lining cell the cancer starts from rather than by where it is found.

Cancer that is neither decreasing nor increasing in extent or severity.

Abnormal cells are found in the cervical epithelium (the innermost lining of the cervix).

Abnormal melanocytes (cells that make melanin, the pigment that gives skin its color) are found in the epidermis (outer layer of the skin).

A prostate cancer stage defined by the Jewett staging system.

A prostate cancer stage defined by the Jewett staging system.

A prostate cancer stage defined by the Jewett staging system.

A prostate cancer stage defined by the Jewett staging system.

Cancer of the adrenal gland that is smaller than 5 centimeters (smaller than 2 inches) and is found in the adrenal gland only.

Stage I AIDS-related lymphoma is divided into stages I and IE.

The tumor is no larger than 2 centimeters.

Cancer has spread to the layer of tissue under the inner lining of the bladder.

Stage I breast cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.

Cancer is found in the cervix only.

Cancer has spread from the mucosa (innermost layer) of the colon and/or rectal wall to the submucosa (layer of tissue under the mucosa) of the colon and/or rectal wall.

Cancer is found in the uterus only.

Cancer has spread beyond the innermost layer of tissue to the next layer of tissue in the wall of the esophagus.

Stage I is divided into stage IA and stage IB, depending on where the cancer has spread.

The tumor is found only in one area of the hypopharynx and is 2 centimeters or smaller.

The tumor is 7 centimeters or smaller and is found in the kidney only.