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Also known as carcinomatosis

Carcinosis, or carcinomatosis, is disseminated cancer, forms of metastasis, whether used generally or in specific patterns of spread.

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  • Usage
  • Lung
  • Lymphangitic carcinomatosis
  • Miliary carcinosis
  • Body cavities
  • Peritoneal carcinomatosis
  • Pleural carcinosis
  • Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
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Carcinosis, or carcinomatosis, is disseminated cancer, forms of metastasis, whether used generally or in specific patterns of spread.

==Usage== Carcinomatosis is often restricted to tumors of epithelial origin, adenocarcinomas, while sarcomatosis describes the dissemination of tumors of mesenchymal origin, sarcomas.

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