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glandular cancer

DEFINITIONS OF: glandular cancer

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n malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium

Synonyms:
adenocarcinoma, glandular carcinoma
Types:
prostate cancer, prostatic adenocarcinoma
cancer of the prostate gland
Type of:
carcinoma
any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
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