malignant tumor
Spreading cellular mass
A malignant tumor is a cancerous growth that invades surrounding tissue and can spread to other parts of the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system.
Distinguished from benign tumors, which stay localized and don't metastasize.
The biopsy revealed a malignant tumor in her lung.
The adjective malignant alone often implies cancer: a malignant growth.
- sarcomaConnective tissue cancer
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- neoplasmAbnormal tissue mass
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- oncologycancer, carcinoma, metastasis, oncogene, oncogenes
- growthsgrowth, growths, tumour, lump, lumps
- tumorscancer, carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, neoplasm, lymphoma
- tumor pathologycarcinoma, adenocarcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma, melanoma
- Liver Tumorsliver cancer, hepatoma
- spinal tumorsmeningioma
malignant tumorbenign tumor
Harmless abnormal growth
benign growth · adenoma · lipoma · fibroma · papilloma
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