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cancer of the liver, liver cancer
malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort
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adenocarcinoma, glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma
malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
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breast cancer
cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US
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carcinoma in situ, preinvasive cancer
a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body
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colon cancer
a malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools
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embryonal carcinoma
malignant neoplasm of the testis
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endometrial cancer, endometrial carcinoma
cancer of the uterine lining
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hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma
carcinoma of the liver
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lung cancer
carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer
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mesothelioma
a form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust
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oat cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma
highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas
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oral cancer
malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60
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pancreatic cancer
cancer of the pancreas
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seminoma, testicular cancer
malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men
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skin cancer
a malignant neoplasm of the skin
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trophoblastic cancer
malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorion
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cancroid, squamous cell carcinoma
the most common form of skin cancer
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prostate cancer, prostatic adenocarcinoma
cancer of the prostate gland
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epithelioma
a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue
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malignant melanoma, melanoma
any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
