Embryonal Carcinoma

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Background information on Embryonal Carcinoma

In medicine, carcinoma is any cancer that arises from epithelial cells. It is malignant by definition: carcinomas invade surrounding tissues and organs, and may spread to lymph nodes and distal sites (metastasis). Carcinoma in situ (CIS) is a pre-malignant condition, in which cytological signs of malignancy are present, but there is no histological evidence of invasion through the epithelial basement membrane.

Types of carcinoma

Carcinoma, like all neoplasia, is classified by its histopathological appearance. Adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, two common descriptive terms for tumours, reflect the fact that these cells may have glandular or squamous cell appearances respectively. Severely anaplastic tumours might be so undifferentiated that they do not have a distinct histological appearance.

Sometimes a tumour is referred to by the presumptive organ of the primary (eg carcinoma of the prostate) or the putative cell of origin (hepatocellular carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma).

News Articles on Embryonal Carcinoma

Product news round-up  -  Feb 26, 2008
LabTechnologist.com,Invitrogen's libraries consist of complimentary DNA isolated from commonly used, human embryonal carcinoma (hEC) and human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines,

Knock Out, Knock In, Knock Down — Genetically Manipulated Mice and ...  -  Dec 12, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Both teams turned to the work of Martin Evans, who had characterized embryonal carcinoma cell lines that had originated from mouse testicular

Update On Testicular Cancer  -  Dec 10, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Embryonal carcinoma can differentiate along the somatic pathway to mature and immature teratoma. Mature teratoma represents adult somatic tissue,

Mouse Model Pioneers Win Nobel Prize For Discoveries In Embryonic ...  -  Oct 8, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Martin Evans had worked with mouse embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells, which although they came from tumors could give rise to almost any cell type.

Nobel Prize For Medicine Goes To Scientists Working In UK And US  -  Oct 8, 2007
Medical News Today,Evans was working with mouse embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells, which although they came from tumours, he found they gave rise to almost any type of cell,

Occult Testicular Teratoma Presenting With Solid Mesenteric Metastasis  -  Apr 25, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)The histopathologic diagnosis was a mixed nonseminomatous germ cell tumor (mainly a teratocarcinoma with yolk sac tumor and embryonal carcinoma components).

Intensive Chemotherapy Regimen Shows Promise for Germ Cell Tumors  -  Feb 1, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),Nonseminoma cell types include: embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, yolk sac carcinoma, choriocarcinoma, and various combinations of these cell types.

Sonographic and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Appearance of a Burned ...  -  Dec 20, 2006
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Histologic evaluation showed characteristic findings of a burned-out mixed germ cell neoplasm, 2 with a small 2-mm focus of embryonal carcinoma, a 3-mm focus ...

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