adenocarcinoma

noun ad·e·no·car·ci·no·ma \ ˌa-dᵊn-(ˌ)ō-ˌkär-sə-ˈnō-mə \

Definition of adenocarcinoma

: a malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium

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adenocarcinomatous

play \-mə-təs\ adjective

Recent Examples of adenocarcinoma from the Web

For example, adenocarcinoma is a type of lung cancer that is more common among women -- yet the risk of this lung cancer subtype decreases more slowly than other subtypes when people stop smoking.

— susan scutti, CNN, "Younger American women more likely to get lung cancer than men," 24 May 2018
Six weeks later, Valvano, known as Jimmy V, passed away from metastatic adenocarcinoma.

— john maffei, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Basketball teams to play for more than a win," 1 Feb. 2018
The biopsy results were disheartening: signet ring adenocarcinoma — a gastric cancer, the incidence of which is rising and which is resistant to chemotherapy.

— ellen ciurczak, The Seattle Times, "Mississippi man fights cancer, closes historical restaurant," 20 Jan. 2018
Most breast cancers are a type of carcinoma called adenocarcinoma that starts in the milk ducts or milk-producing glands.

— ashley may, USA TODAY, "Myths about breast cancer debunked: Family history often has nothing to do with diagnosis," 10 Oct. 2017
To see if this may be a real problem in humans, the researchers gathered 113 cell samples from human pancreatic cancers (a cancer type called pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma).

— beth mole, Ars Technica, "See jerkface bacteria hiding in tumors and gobbling chemotherapy drugs," 17 Sep. 2017
In 2012, he was diagnosed with a form of cancer called signet ring cell adenocarcinoma, which was based in his abdominal area.

— ashley luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee police veteran dies after battle with rare cancer," 15 Aug. 2017
A 2014 report from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on smoking concluded that changing cigarette designs have caused an increase in lung adenocarcinomas, and Murthy implicated cigarette filters.

— james hamblin, The Atlantic, "If I'm Going to Smoke, Should I Smoke Filtered Cigarettes?," 14 July 2017
The cause was adenocarcinoma, said a daughter, Martha Cassidy.

— Washington Post, "Notable deaths in the Washington area," 14 June 2017

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