What is Tumor?
What is Tumor?
- Tumor: Any type of lump or swelling (not just cancers).
- Tumor: An abnormal tissue growth resulted from uncontrolled cell proliferation. Benign neoplastic cells resemble normal cells without exhibiting significant cytologic atypia, while malignant ones exhibit overt signs such as dysplastic features, atypical mitotic figures, necrosis, nuclear pleomorphism, and anaplasia. Representative examples of benign neoplasms include papillomas, cystadenomas, and lipomas; malignant neoplasms include carcinomas, sarcomas, lymphomas, and leukemias. -- 2004
Source - Diseases Database
- Tumor: an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Tumor: Introduction
Types of Tumor:
Types of Tumor:
What causes Tumor?
Causes of Tumor: see causes of Tumor
Risk factors for Tumor:
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risk factors for Tumor
What are the symptoms of Tumor?
Symptoms of Tumor:
see symptoms of Tumor
Tumor: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Tumor.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Tumor.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Tumor:
see treatments for Tumor
Research for Tumor:
see research for Tumor
Society issues for Tumor
Cost statistics for Tumor:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Tumor:
- Estimated $229,367,000 spent in public hospitals on neoplastic disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- Estimated $146,627,000 spent in public hospitals on neoplastic disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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Hospitalization statistics for Tumor:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Tumor:
- 1,182,629 patient days spent in public hospitals for neoplasms in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 44,098 patient days spent in private hospitals for neoplasms in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 222,739 admissions to private hospitals because of neoplasms in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 236,030 admissions to public hospitals because of neoplasms in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 46.2% of total are single day hospitalisations in public hospitals for neoplasms in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 66.6% of hospitalisations for neoplasms in private hospitals are single day in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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Name and Aliases of Tumor
Main name of condition: Tumor
Other names or spellings for Tumor:
neoplasm
Neoplastic conditions, Neoplasia
Source - Diseases Database
Tumor, Tumour, Tumour, Neoplasm, Tumor, Neoplasm
Source - WordNet 2.1
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