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K vescicale superficiale

English translation: superficial bladder cancer


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Italian term or phrase:K vescicale superficiale
English translation:superficial bladder cancer
Entered by: Alexander Chisholm
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21:47 Jan 29, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / DVT
Italian term or phrase: K vescicale superficiale
This is from a report regarding a DVT patient.

My problem is the term K, which I think is Italian shorthand for cancer but I'm not sure.

"ricoverato presso il nostro Reparto dal 05.12.2011, trasferito dalla Medicina ove e' stato ricoverato per Ematoma sub capsulare del rene destro in corso di i trattamento anticoagulante orale per recente trombo embolia polmonare da TVP poplitea sn, P. in follow up per storia di K vescicole superficiale"
Alexander Chisholm
Local time: 06:48
superficial bladder cancer
Explanation:
what makes me doubtful is the K which you consider as having been used for cancer since the Italian word for it, equally is a c

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Note added at 10 Min. (2012-01-29 21:58:23 GMT)
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sorry it should it, ......equally begins with a c. perhaps it´s the German term "Krebs"

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Note added at 21 Min. (2012-01-29 22:08:55 GMT)
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www.patient.co.uk › Diseases & ConditionsIm Cache - Ähnliche Seiten - What are the symptoms of bladder cancer? How is bladder cancer diagnosed and assessed? What is the treatment for superficial bladder tumours? What are the

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Note added at 29 Min. (2012-01-29 22:16:51 GMT)
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www.roboticoncology-it.com/cancro-vescica/Se il tumore è localizzato solo all'interno del muscolo delle parete della vescica, esso si caratterizza come cancro superficiale – mentre i carcinomi estesi alla
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Ellen Kraus
Local time: 06:48
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superficial bladder cancer


Explanation:
what makes me doubtful is the K which you consider as having been used for cancer since the Italian word for it, equally is a c

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Note added at 10 Min. (2012-01-29 21:58:23 GMT)
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sorry it should it, ......equally begins with a c. perhaps it´s the German term "Krebs"

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Note added at 21 Min. (2012-01-29 22:08:55 GMT)
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www.patient.co.uk › Diseases & ConditionsIm Cache - Ähnliche Seiten - What are the symptoms of bladder cancer? How is bladder cancer diagnosed and assessed? What is the treatment for superficial bladder tumours? What are the

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Note added at 29 Min. (2012-01-29 22:16:51 GMT)
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www.roboticoncology-it.com/cancro-vescica/Se il tumore è localizzato solo all'interno del muscolo delle parete della vescica, esso si caratterizza come cancro superficiale – mentre i carcinomi estesi alla

Ellen Kraus
Local time: 06:48
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PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Many thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Giulia Gigliotti: K does stand for cancer in Italian-see following links: http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&cp=12&gs_id=4d&xhr=t&q="k ves...
15 mins
  -> thank you, Giulia !

agree  Giusy Comi: Carcinoma proviene dal greco Karkin. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/carcinomatosis
15 mins
  -> thank you, Giusy Comi !

agree  SJLD
18 hrs
  -> thank you, SJLD !

agree  texjax DDS PhD: è un'abbreviazione comunemente usata in ambito medico italiano
1 day3 hrs
  -> thank you, texjax !
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