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What is a mucinous carcinoma?

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The term is used: In ovarain cancers and rarely in breast cancer, also called colloid carcinoma there. It shows cell making mucin, usually from a tumor with the characteristics of an adenocarcinoma.

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Answered 5/7/2012

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