carcinoma
Findings
No curated finding names carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A malignant tumor arising from epithelial cells. Carcinomas that arise from glandular epithelium are called adenocarcinomas, those that arise from squamous epithelium are called squamous cell carcinomas, and those that arise from transitional epithelium are called transitional cell carcinomas. Morphologically, the malignant epithelial cells may display abnormal mitotic figures, anaplasia, and necrosis. Carcinomas are graded by the degree of cellular differentiation as well, moderately, or poorly differentiated. Carcinomas invade the surrounding tissues and tend to metastasize to other anatomic sites. Lung carcinoma, skin carcinoma, breast carcinoma, colon carcinoma, and prostate carcinoma are the most frequently seen carcinomas.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0004993), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (49)
- adenocarcinoma
- basal cell carcinoma
- basaloid carcinoma
- bone carcinoma
- breast carcinoma
- carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma
- carcinoma of urethra
- choroid plexus carcinoma
- combined carcinoid and adenocarcinoma
- comedocarcinoma
- cribriform carcinoma
- digestive system carcinoma
- epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma
- fallopian tube carcinoma
- glycogen-rich carcinoma
- head and neck carcinoma
- in situ carcinoma
- invasive carcinoma
- Krebs 2 carcinoma
- large cell carcinoma
- laryngeal carcinoma
- lipid-rich carcinoma
- lung carcinoma
- lymph node carcinoma
- malignant epithelial tumor of ovary
- malignant myoepithelioma
- mucin-producing carcinoma
- neuroendocrine carcinoma
Other names
8 names
Resolves to: carcinoma
- Also called
- carcinoma, malignantepithelial carcinomaepithelioma malignantmalignant epithelial neoplasmmalignant epithelial tumormalignant epithelial tumourmalignant epitheliomaOther carcinoma