carcinoma
cell type cancer that has material basis in abnormally proliferating cells derives from epithelial cells
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Summary
carcinoma is a class of disease[1]. carcinoma draws 4,376 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #373 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: cancer type[3]
- Subclass of: cell type cancer[4], epithelioma[5], cancer[6]
- Commons category: Carcinomas[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Carcinoma[8]
- Possible treatment: surgical operation[9], adaptive radiation therapy[10], chemotherapy[11], antineoplastic[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C2916[15]
- Different from: angioma[16], cancer[17]
- Health specialty: oncology[18]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: cabazitaxel[19], paclitaxel[20], olaparib[21], nilutamide[22], trastuzumab[23], anastrozole[24], tolvaptan[25], lidocaine[26], everolimus[27], diethylstilbestrol[28], sirolimus[29], bevacizumab[30], ipilimumab[31], axitinib[32]
- Studied by: solid tumour oncology[33]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_305[34], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:305[35], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_157[36], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:157[37]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[38]
- Risk factor: smoking[39]
Why It Matters
carcinoma has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] carcinoma is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]