Translation guide
A type of cancer characterized by hard, fibrous tissue. This is a medical term, and the Japanese equivalent is used in clinical contexts.
scirrhous carcinoma
Medical term. For gastric cancer, スキルス胃癌 is also common.
The specific histological diagnosis of scirrhous carcinoma, a subtype of adenocarcinoma with dense fibrous stroma.
Standard medical term for scirrhous carcinoma. Literally 'hard cancer'. Used in pathology reports and clinical discussions.
In everyday conversation, patients and non-specialists may simply say 癌 (がん, cancer) or use the organ-specific term like 胃癌 (いがん, stomach cancer). The specific term 硬癌 is mainly used by medical professionals.
The pathological diagnosis was scirrhous carcinoma.
Commonly used term derived from 'scirrhous'. Often used for scirrhous gastric cancer.
Scirrhous gastric carcinoma has a poor prognosis.
Descriptive term meaning 'fibrous carcinoma'. Less common than 硬癌 but may be used in some contexts.
Fibrous carcinoma forms a hard mass.