Endocrine-inactive tumor
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| Endocrine-inactive tumor | |
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| Term | Endocrine-inactive tumor |
| Short definition | endocrine-inactive tumor (EN-doh-krin-in-AK-tiv TOO-mer) A tumor that is found in the endocrine tissue but does not produce additional hormones. Endocrine dormant tumors usually don't cause symptoms until they grow large or spread to other parts of the body. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
endocrine-inactive tumor - (pronounced) (EN-doh-krin-in-AK-tiv TOO-mer) A tumor that is found in the endocrine tissue but does not produce additional hormones. Endocrine dormant tumors usually don't cause symptoms until they grow large or spread to other parts of the body. Also known as a non-functioning tumor
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