Cancer & Tumors terms
Cancer types, tumors, staging language, and concepts used in oncology. Browse definitions and meanings below.
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Stage I uterine sarcoma is divided into stages IA, IB, and IC based on how far the cancer has spread into the wall of the uterus.
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Cancer that is found only in the vagina (birth canal).
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Stage I vulvar cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.
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The tumor was completely removed by surgery and all of the following are true: (1) cancer was found only in the kidney and did not spread to blood vessels of the kidney; (2) the outer layer of the…
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Stage I breast cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.
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Stage I gallbladder cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.
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Stage I non-small cell lung cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.
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Cancer in which the cells look very much like normal cells.
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Stage I breast cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.
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Stage I gallbladder cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.
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Stage I non-small cell lung cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.
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Cancer in which the cells look somewhat different from normal cells.
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An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
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An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
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A type of leukemia in which large T lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) that contain granules (small particles) are found in the blood.
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A disease in which certain cells of the lymph system (called T lymphocytes) become cancer.
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A type of leukemia in which large T lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) that contain granules (small particles) are found in the blood.
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A type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the lymph nodes and spleen.
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Cancer that forms in tissues of the testis (one of two egg-shaped glands inside the scrotum that make sperm and male hormones).
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Cancer that forms in tissues of the pharynx (the hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the windpipe and esophagus).