Gastric adenocarcinoma, light micrograph. Gastric adenocarcinoma is a malignant (cancerous) epithelial tumour, originating from glandular epithelium of the gastric mucosa. Stomach cancers are about 90% adenocarcinomas and the third-leading cause of death from cancer. Seen here are cords of epithelial cancer cells infiltrating the muscle layer of the stomach wall.

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