Anaplasia
Metastasis
Tumor
Neoplasia
Disseminated
Benign
Carcinoma in Situ
Malignant
Oncology
Neoplasm
Cells that have lost unique characteristics, less differentiated, more immature, revert
Cancerous cells, can invade nearby tissues/blood/lymph
New growth or formation of a tumor
Abnormal mass of tissue that results when cells divide/don't die when they should
Cancer cells enter blood stream or lymph system and seed themselves at different sites
Cancer spreads and has secondary malignant growths
Interchangeable with tumor, abnormal mass of tissue
Study of tumors/diagnosis/prevention
Noncancerous, doesn’t invade or spread, can be dangerous depending on what they press on
Group of abnormal cells found only in one place, where they first formed. NO invasion