Malignant Neoplasm

Introduction: Malignant Neoplasm

Description of Malignant Neoplasm

Malignant Neoplasm (medical condition): Cancer is caused by an abnormal overgrowth of cells with more than 100 cancer subtypes depending on which cell grows. In many cancers, the cells clump together to form solid tumors, but in some the cells are ...more

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Introduction: Neoplasm is a medical term that refers to a new growth of cells. Whereas "neo" means new and "plasm" refers to cells, the word neoplasm refers to abnormal overgrowth of cells rather than healthy new cell growth. It is often used interchangeably with words such as tumor and cancer. The main use of the term neoplasm is in medical statistics that categorize deaths or other events, in which case neoplasm is typically the category that includes cancer statistics. A "benign neoplasm" usually refers to a benign tumor (non-cancerous$), whereas a "malignant neoplasm" usually refers to a cancerous tumor (i.e. cancer).

Malignant Neoplasm: a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Malignant Neoplasm as a Disease

Malignant Neoplasm: Another name for Cancer (or close medical condition association).
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Malignant Neoplasm: Related Diseases

Malignant Neoplasm: Malignant Neoplasm is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

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• Chronic Illness
• Tumor
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Symptoms of Malignant Neoplasm (Cancer)

Some of the symptoms of Malignant Neoplasm incude:

• Cancer symptoms depend on the type of cancer but may include:
  • Abscess
  • Bowel symptoms
  • Bladder symptoms
  • Poorly healing skin sore

See full list of 18 symptoms of Malignant Neoplasm (Cancer)

Treatments for Malignant Neoplasm (Cancer)

Treatments for Malignant Neoplasm (Cancer) include:

• Treatments depend on the specific type of cancer but some types of treatments are common
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation therapy
• Surgery
• Biological therapy (immunotherapy)

See full list of 9 treatments for Malignant Neoplasm

Treatment of Malignant Neoplasm: For more treatment information about Malignant Neoplasm, see treatment of Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)

Malignant Neoplasm: Article Excerpts about Cancer

Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases. Cancer occurs when cells become abnormal and keep dividing and forming more cells without order or control. All organs of the body are made up of cells. Normally, cells divide to produce more cells only when the body needs them. If cells divide when new ones are not needed, they form a mass of excess tissue called a tumor. Tumors can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer). The cells in malignant tumors can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs. Cancer cells can also break away from a malignant tumor and travel through the bloodstream or the lymphatic system to form new tumors in other parts of the body. The spread of cancer is called metastasis. (Source: excerpt from Cancer: NWHIC)

Terms associated with Malignant Neoplasm:

Terms Similar to Malignant Neoplasm:

• malignant tumor
• metastatic tumor

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More specific terms for Malignant Neoplasm:

• carcinosarcoma
• cancer
• malignant neoplastic disease
• angiosarcoma
• myeloma
• neuroblastoma
• neuroepithelioma
• retinoblastoma

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Malignant Neoplasm

• tumor
• tumour
• neoplasm
• malignancy
• malignance

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Malignant Neoplasm

The following list attempts to classify Malignant Neoplasm into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• neoplasm,tumor,tumour
• growth
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

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