SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squamous cell carcinoma mean? 

• SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (noun)
  The noun SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA has 1 sense:

1. the most common form of skin cancer

  Familiarity information: SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The most common form of skin cancer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cancroid; squamous cell carcinoma

Hypernyms ("squamous cell carcinoma" is a kind of...):

skin cancer (a malignant neoplasm of the skin)

 Context examples 

A squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity that arises from the buccal mucosa.

(Buccal Mucosa Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder arising from metaplastic epithelium.

(Bladder Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The remainder are squamous cell carcinomas, adenocarcinomas and small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas.

(Bladder Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The cells that form squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma develop in the inner lining of the bladder as a result of chronic irritation and inflammation.

(Bladder Cancer, NCI Dictionary)

A squamous cell carcinoma which has spread from its original site of growth to another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of squamous cell carcinoma.

(MIR133A1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Most nasopharyngeal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in flat cells lining the nasopharynx).

(Nasopharyngeal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

An aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the nasopharynx.

(Nasopharyngeal Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the nasal cavity mucosa.

(Nasal Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the middle ear.

(Middle Ear Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)