Angie Daughter of Bill Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 What is the difference in moderately differentiated or poorly differentiated squamous cell carncinoma? What does the "differentiated" mean exactly? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe B Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 My basic understanding is differentation has to do with the way the cells are "organized" under a microscope. from best to worse--- well, moderate, poor. Well differentiated- means they are close to be the make up of a normal cell. It is the best type of tumor to have. Moderately- would be less organized and faster gowing Poor- would be the least organized, and fastest growing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Daughter of Bill Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 Thank you for your response. Take care and God bless!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch1366 Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Please see the note from John about 2C4, the link to the site also has a good description of the differentiation state of cancers. From what that said, there is no correlation between growth rate and comparison to "normal" cells.... MaryAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch1366 Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Here is the link John found: http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=5547 Hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I thought Bonoja posted a good description Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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