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Keywords:
Invade,
Basement,
Noninvasive,
Cancer,
Broken
Noninvasive cancer confined to where it arises. It does not spread and is not fatal
A tumor that has not broken through the basement membrane to invade surrounding tissue.
An early cancer that is present only in the layer of cells in which it began.
Early cancers that have not spread to surrounding tissues.
A cancer that is discrete and well contained and has not broken through the basement membrane or invaded any other tissue.
cancer that has remained within the tissue in which it originated.
Cancer that is in situ or "in its original position" has not spread to other areas of the body. In situ cancer is less aggressive than invasive cancer.
Early cancer that has not spread to neighboring tissue.
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