scirrhous

In the stomach and oesophagus the scirrhous form is most common, the soft encephaloid form coming next.

It has been recommended in chronic rheumatism, scirrhous tumours, &c.

The forms of cancer which occur primarily in the stomach are scirrhous, medullary, colloid, and cylindrical epithelial cancer.

It was a common custom to call only the ulcerated scirrhous tumors cancerous.

In the more slowly-growing scirrhous and colloid cancers the ulcers are more likely to be superficial.