Poorly Differentiated

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PD
Pronunciation
/ˈpurli ˌdɪfərˈɛnʧiˌeɪtəd/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Treatment for advanced poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma should parallel treatments used for small-cell lung cancer.
  2. Morphologically, it is consistent with a poorly differentiated carcinoma, with lymphoepithelial carcinoma features.
  3. At high power, this gastric adenocarcinoma is so poorly differentiated that glands are not visible.
  4. Patients with poorly differentiated tumors have a worse prognosis.
  5. At high magnification, this infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast is poorly differentiated, with very pleomorphic cells.

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