Journal of Cancer Research and Immuno-Oncology
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Department of Pathology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania

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• Perspective   
  Various Causes of Carcinoma
  Author(s): Vlad Herlea*
  
  Carcinoma is a malignancy that develops from epithelial cells. Specifically, a carcinoma is a cancer that begins in a tissue that lines the inner or outer surfaces of the body, and that arises from cells originating in the endodermal, mesodermal or ectodermal germ layer during embryogenesis.carcinoma has also come to encompass malignant tumors composed of transformed cells whose origin or developmental lineage is unknown (see cancer of unknown primary origin; CUP), but that possess certain specific molecular, cellular, and histological characteristics typical of epithelial cells. This may include the production of one or more forms of cytokeratin or other intermediate filaments, intercellular bridge structures, keratin pearls, and/or tissue architectural motifs such as stratification or pseudo-s.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2684-1266.22.8.144

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