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Carcinoma

In medicine, carcinoma is any malignant cancer that arises from epithelial cells, as opposed to a sarcoma which arises from connective tissue.

Types of carcinoma

• Adenocarcinoma is cancer that starts in cells of glandular (secretory) tissue that lines some internal organs.
• Basal cell carcinoma
• Adenoid cyctic carcinoma
• Heptocellular carcinoma
• Adenocortical carcinoma
• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Renal cell carcinoma is a form of kidney cancer.

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