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MeSH Heading: Carcinoma in Situ
Tree Number(s): C04.557.470.200.240
Unique ID: D002278
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002278
Annotation: coord IM with precoord organ/neopl term (IM)
Scope Note: A lesion with cytological characteristics associated with invasive carcinoma but the tumor cells are confined to the epithelium of origin, without invasion of the basement membrane.
Entry Term(s): Carcinoma, Intraepithelial; Carcinoma, Preinvasive; Intraepithelial Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Intraepithelial
NLM Classification #: QZ 365
Previous Indexing: Carcinoma (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2001/07/25

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

blood supply (BS)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

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