Colorectal Carcinoma

**Semantic type:** Neoplastic Process

**Definition:** A malignant epithelial neoplasm that arises from the colon or rectum and invades through the muscularis mucosa into the submucosa. The vast majority are adenocarcinomas.

**Synonyms:** - CRC - Colorectal (Colon or Rectal) Cancer - Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer, NOS - colorectal cancer