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carcinomatosis /car·ci·no·ma·to·sis/ (kahr″sĭ-no-mah-to´sis) the condition of widespread dissemination of cancer throughout the body.
carcinomatosis. See carcinosis. carcinomatosis the condition of widespread dissemination of cancer throughout the body. Sometimes used to refer to widespread neoplastic involvement of an organ, e.g. abdominal carcinomatosis. carcinomatosis Carcinosis Oncology An end-stage condition characterized by disseminated, fulminant extension of metastatic CA. See Metastatic carcinoma. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Uterine adenocarcinoma with abdominal carcinomatosis in a beluga whale. Berlinger et al believed that intracranial tumors could involve the temporal bone as a result of either direct extension, hematogenous or lymphatic spread, meningeal carcinomatosis, or leptomeningeal extension. The best response to treatment was stable disease in six patients, one with ovarian cancer, one with unknown primary-peritoneal carcinomatosis and four with NSCLC. |
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