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In situ
This is an old latin phase meaning 'in position'. In dentistry, this refers to an oral cancer which has not spread beyond it's point of origin.
Dr. Allan Hawryluk reviewed this
21 year experience in Dentistry
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: in situ?
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A 73-year old male asked:
Is having an ivc in-situ an example of an "invasive procedure"?
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A female asked:
What is prognosis for stage 2 in situ melonoma?
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A 39-year old asked:
Why wouldnt they give me a better explanation of cancer in situ?
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A 31-year old female asked:
What does CIN 3 into carsanoma in situ with gland involvement mean?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Should I be concerned about a follicular lymphoma in situ diagnosis?
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A 34-year old female asked:
What are in situ cancer cells and what does it mean for one's long-term health?
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A 40-year old asked:
How would one treat cervical cancer in situ?
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A 42-year old asked:
In situs inversus is the bowel reversed as well?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Low Igg levels with constant diarrhea, j-pouch in situ. Can it be related. ?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Do all melanomas have an in situ stage and start small? or do some just appear raised from the beginning?
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A 70-year old female asked:
My melanoma in situ was just surgically removed to test margins. What are the chances that it could be upstaged?
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A male asked:
What does "atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferation, suggestive of melanoma in situ" mean in diagnosis?
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A 61-year old female asked:
What is the difference between cancer in situ and differentiated VIN3? What is the long term prognosis? VIN3 twice in 12 months with clear margins
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A 30-year old asked:
I was wondering are precancerious polyps carcinoma in situ?
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A 40-year old female asked:
In general, can shave biopsy diagnose Melanoma (not in situ)?
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A 39-year old male asked:
Does nodular melanoma have an in-situ phase? Is it ever caught in-situ?
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A 64-year old female asked:
Approx how long it takes for a lobular carcinoma cancer in situ becomes invasive?
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A 47-year old asked:
I was diagnosed with anal carcinoma in situ twice what are the chances that it will reoccure?
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A 64-year old female asked:
Best treatment for invasive and in-situ carcinoma with lobular features, sbr grade 2, 8mm in size?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Is an advanced adenomas villious semi sessile 14 mm polyp in rectum another way of saying its cancer in situ?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Is the diagnosis for Follicular Lymphoma in situ mean I actually have this cancer or could it possibly mean several different things?
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A 64-year old female asked:
Pr ER and cerbb2 all negative stage 1b full mastectomy with recon size 0.8 CM invasive lobular casinoma in situ do not want chemo what's yr opinion?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Diagnosed with melanoma in situ a year ago. What are my chances of reoccurance? Can it come back and spread without forming a visable lesion? Paranoi
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A 40-year old male asked:
Is it possible to catch a nodular melanoma "in situ"?
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A 34-year old asked:
What is the survival rate with melanoma in situ stage 1?
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A 43-year old asked:
Hpv now sever/carcinoma in situ not sure if it spread yet, how to know?
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A 38-year old asked:
What would confirm the diagnosis of carcinoma in situ of the large intestines?
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A 39-year old male asked:
Melanoma in situ early proliferation extends to lateral margin .melanocytic Nevis extends focally to base . what does this diagnosis mean?
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A 40-year old female asked:
I just got a call from my dermatologist that I have an in situ melanoma and I'm freaking out. Is there anything you can tell me about this?
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