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Comedonecrosis

Definition: Comedonecrosis is a pattern of cell death seen in certain types of tumours. The word “comedo” comes from a term used to describe a blocked pore, and “necrosis” means dead tissue. In the context of cancer, comedonecrosis describes dead cancer cells found in clusters within a tumour. These cells often die because they are …
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Necrosis

What does necrosis mean? Necrosis is an uncontrolled type of cell death that happens before the end of the natural life span of the cell. Pathologists use the word necrotic to describe a large area of tissue that has died by way of necrosis. Another common type of cell death is called apoptosis. What causes …
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