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Carcinoma vs Carcinosarcoma - What's the difference?

carcinoma | carcinosarcoma |

As nouns the difference between carcinoma and carcinosarcoma

is that carcinoma is (oncology) an invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body while carcinosarcoma is (pathology) any malignant neoplasm that has characteristics of both a carcinoma and a sarcoma.

carcinoma

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Noun

(wikipedia carcinoma) (en-noun)
  • (oncology) An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.

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    carcinosarcoma

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    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (pathology) Any malignant neoplasm that has characteristics of both a carcinoma and a sarcoma