Medical term:
microinvasion
microinvasion
[mi″kro-in-va´zhun]microscopic extension of malignant cells into adjacent tissue in carcinoma in situ. adj., adj microinva´sive.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
mi·cro·in·va·sion
(mī'krō-in-vā'zhŭn),Invasion of tissue immediately adjacent to a carcinoma in situ, the earliest stage of malignant neoplastic invasion.
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microinvasion
A generic term for an epithelial malignancy in which the basement membrane has been minimally violated. As a rule, microinvasive cancers measure 1 mm or less in greatest dimension and are designated as Tmic, prognostically between T0 (carcinoma in situ) and T1a in the TNM system. It is also defined as > 1 focus of cancer measuring 2 mm or less in diameter.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
mi·cro·in·va·sion
(mī'krō-in-vā'zhŭn)Invasion of tissue immediately adjacent to a carcinoma in situ, the earliest stage of malignant neoplastic invasion.
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