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SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The most common form of skin cancer
Synonyms:
cancroid; squamous cell carcinoma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("squamous cell carcinoma" is a kind of...):
skin cancer (a malignant neoplasm of the skin)
Context examples:
Representative examples include adenoma, adenomyoma, adenocarcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.
(Bartholin Gland Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.
(MIR98 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
CEA is a cell surface glycoprotein expressed at high levels in embryonic and fetal digestive epithelial tissue, breast carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
(Monoclonal Antibody COL-1, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a tumor suppressor role in head and neck and squamous cell carcinomas.
(MIR98 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity.
(MIR195 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of oral squamous cell carcinoma.
(MIR193A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical presentation is usually rapidly growing squamous cell carcinomas or keratoacanthomas that primarily localize to sun-exposed areas.
(Multiple Self Healing Epithelioma of Ferguson-Smith, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays an oncogenic role in hepatocellular, breast, esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, prostatic and squamous cell carcinomas, glioblastoma and glioma.
(MIR21 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include squamous cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, and mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
(Anterior Tongue Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the nasopharynx and is characterized by prominent production of keratin.
(Nasopharyngeal Keratinizing Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
