Definition: A cancer of glandular tissue. The prostate is made primarily of glandular tissue and, therefore, it makes sense that the majority of prostate cancers are adenocarcinomas.
Adenocarcinoma - Definition of Adenocarcinoma
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Updated August 27, 2009
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