CARCINOMA IN SITU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carcinoma in situ mean? 

• CARCINOMA IN SITU (noun)
  The noun CARCINOMA IN SITU has 1 sense:

1. a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body

  Familiarity information: CARCINOMA IN SITU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARCINOMA IN SITU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

carcinoma in situ; preinvasive cancer

Hypernyms ("carcinoma in situ" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

Ductal carcinoma may be either ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or invasive ductal carcinoma.

(Ductal carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

In some cases, ductal carcinoma in situ may become invasive cancer and spread to other tissues.

(Ductal carcinoma in situ, NCI Dictionary)

Types of ductal intraepithelial neoplasia include atypical ductal hyperplasia and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

(Ductal intraepithelial neoplasia, NCI Dictionary)

A ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in which the tumor cells fill the ductal spaces as solid sheets.

(Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ, Solid Type, NCI Thesaurus)

The co-existence of ductal and lobular carcinoma in situ in the breast, without evidence of stromal invasion.

(Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ and Lobular Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Thesaurus)

In some cases, ductal carcinoma in situ may become invasive cancer and spread to other tissues, although it is not known at this time how to predict which lesions will become invasive.

(Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Dictionary)

A breast carcinoma characterized by the presence of a ductal carcinoma in situ component and an invasive lobular carcinomatous component.

(Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ and Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes ductal carcinoma in situ and stage I, stage IIA, stage IIB, and stage IIIA breast cancers.

(Early-stage breast cancer, NCI Dictionary)

Microscopic examination reveals severe epithelial dysplasia, carcinoma in situ, or invasive squamous cell carcinoma.

(Erythroplakia, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called stage 0 nonmelanoma skin carcinoma in situ on the eyelid.

(Nonmelanoma skin carcinoma in situ on the eyelid, NCI Dictionary)