Breast Cancer definitions beginning with C

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(cal-sih-fih-cay"-shuns) are a finding reported on mammograms. They are an indicator of increased in breast activity in some cells.
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Browse Related Terms: Comedocarcinoma, DCIS, Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS), Intraductal, mammogram, Microcalcifications or calcifications

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(kan'ser) or carcinoma is a disease in which cells show properties of invasion and spread through the body. The natural course of the disease results in death.
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Browse Related Terms: In situ, Invasive, Malignant, metastases, stage

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A state agency that collects information about cancer cases.
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Browse Related Terms: Colostrum, Core, fibroadenoma, Hot flashes, incision, Mucin, non-melanoma skin cancer, Rooting reflex, stellate

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(kahr"-de-o-vas'ku-lur) pertaining to the heart and blood vessels.
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Browse Related Terms: bilateral, Genetic, retrospective, Vein

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(ke"mo-ther'uh-pe) the treatment chemical agents to destroy tumor tissue.
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Browse Related Terms: Adjuvant, Atypical, clinical, localized, Neoadjuvant, systemic therapy

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(kro'mo-sohm) a structure in the nucleus containing a linear thread of DNA which transmits genetic information and is associated with RNA and histones.
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Browse Related Terms: aneuploid, Diploidy, DNA cytometry, DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid, flow cytometry, Image cytometry, ploidy

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see Fibrocystic breasts.
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Browse Related Terms: benign, benign breast disease, Diffuse cystic mastopathy, Fibrocystic breasts, Fibrocystic disease, mammary dysplasia

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(klin' ih-kul) pertaining to or found on actual observation and treatment of patients, as distinguished from theoretical or basic sciences.
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Browse Related Terms: Adjuvant, Atypical, Chemotherapy, localized, Neoadjuvant, systemic therapy

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(kuh-los'trum) the thin, yellow, milky fluid secreted by the mammary gland before or after delivery of an infant. It contains up to 20 per cent protein, predominant among which are immunoglobulins, representing the antibodies found in maternal blood.
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Browse Related Terms: cancer registry, Core, fibroadenoma, Hot flashes, incision, Mucin, non-melanoma skin cancer, Rooting reflex, stellate

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(koh-mee'-do car sih no mah) is a type of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in which some of the cancers cells in the duct begin to die and break down (degenerate).
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Browse Related Terms: Calcifications or Microcalcifications, DCIS, Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS), Intraductal, mammogram, Microcalcifications or calcifications

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(kom pyoo' ted to-mog' ruh fee) (CT Scan) the recording of internal body images at a predetermined plane by means of the tomograph. Tomograph moves an x-ray source in one direction as the film is moved in the opposite direction, thus showing in detail a predetermined plane of tissue while blurring or eliminating detail in other planes.
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Browse Related Terms: Differientiated, endometrial, Margins, placebo, S-phase fraction, Tumor, ultrasound

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(con'truh in dih ca" shuns) reasons not to take a drug or undergo a treatment.
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Browse Related Terms: aspiration, biopsy, plastic surgeon, surgeon

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(Kor) the central part of anything, such as the central mass of necrotic matter in a boil.
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Browse Related Terms: cancer registry, Colostrum, fibroadenoma, Hot flashes, incision, Mucin, non-melanoma skin cancer, Rooting reflex, stellate

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(sist) a sac or capsule in the body. It may be filled with fluid or other material.
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Browse Related Terms: axilla, edema, Fatigue, hyperplasia, infection

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