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    Malignant Endocrine Neoplasm

    Definition 1

    A malignant neoplasm affecting the endocrine glands. Representative examples include thyroid gland carcinoma, parathyroid gland carcinoma, pituitary gland carcinoma, and adrenal cortex carcinoma. (NCI Thesaurus)

    Definition 2

    Cancer that occurs in endocrine tissue, the tissue in the body that secretes hormones. (NCI Dictionary)




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