Carcinoma (definition)

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Carcinoma, Renal Cell

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Definition: A heterogeneous group of sporadic or hereditary carcinoma derived from cells of the KIDNEYS. There are several subtypes including the clear cells, the papillary, the chromophobe, the collecting duct, the spindle cells (sarcomatoid), or mixed cell-type carcinoma.

coordinate IM with KIDNEY NEOPLASMS (IM)

Other names Carcinoma, Hypernephroid; Adenocarcinoma, Renal Cell; Hypernephroma; Grawitz Tumor; Tumor, Grawitz; Renal Cell Carcinomas; Renal Cell Cancers; Renal Cell Adenocarcinomas; Renal Cell Adenocarcinoma; Nephroid Carcinomas; Hypernephromas; Hypernephroid Carcinomas; Hypernephroid Carcinoma; Duct Carcinomas, Collecting (Kidney); Duct Carcinomas, Collecting; Duct Carcinoma, Collecting (Kidney); Duct Carcinoma, Collecting; Collecting Duct Carcinomas (Kidney); Collecting Duct Carcinomas; Carcinomas, Renal Cell

Substance	Categories	Source
Papillary renal cell carcinoma, sporadic	*Carcinoma, Renal Cell.
Renal cell carcinoma 1	*Carcinoma, Renal Cell.
Clear-cell metastatic renal cell carcinoma	*Carcinoma, Renal Cell.
Familial renal cell carcinoma	*Carcinoma, Renal Cell.
DIRC1 protein, human	*Neoplasm Proteins Carcinoma, Renal Cell.	J Hum Genet 2001;46(10):583-9

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