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