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Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma
Definition 1
A well or moderately differentiated morphologic variant of lung adenocarcinoma characterized by tumor growth along the alveolar structures without stromal, vascular, or pleural invasion. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A malignant lung neoplasm originating from the alveolar/bronchiolar epithelium. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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