Medical Tumors

Tumor: What Is It, Types, Symptoms, Treatment

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A tumor is a mass or group of abnormal cells that form in the body. If you have a tumor, it isn’t necessarily cancer. Many tumors are benign (not cancerous). Tumors can form throughout the body. They can affect bone, skin, tissues, glands and organs. Neoplasm is …

Cancer - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

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What Is Cancer? - NCI - National Cancer Institute

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Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body. Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, which is made up of trillions of …

Tumors: Benign, premalignant, and malignant - Medical …

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A tumor develops when cells reproduce too quickly. The National Cancer Institute defines a tumor as “an abnormal mass of tissue that results when cells divide …

Tumor: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

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A tumor is an abnormal growth of body tissue. Tumors can be cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign). Causes In general, tumors occur when cells divide and grow …

Brain tumor - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

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These tumors begin in the brain or spinal cord and include astrocytomas, ependymomas, glioblastomas, oligoastrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas. Meningiomas. A meningioma is a tumor that arises …

Benign Tumor: Definition, Types, Causes & Management …

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A tumor is an abnormal collection of cells. It forms when cells multiply more than they should or when cells don’t die when they should. A tumor can be malignant (cancerous) …

Benign Tumors: Types, Causes, and Treatments - WebMD

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A tumor is an abnormal growth of cells that serves no purpose. A benign tumor is not a malignant tumor, which is cancer. It does not invade nearby tissue or spread to other …

Skin Tumor: Types, Cancers, Treatments, and More

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Less common benign skin tumors also include trichoepithelioma, naevus sebaceous of Jadassohn, trichilemmoma, pilomatrixoma, and pseudoepitheliomatous …

Tumor | definition of tumor by Medical dictionary

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1. a benign or malignant tumor containing giant cells; see under carcinoma, granuloma, and sarcoma. 2. a bone tumor, ranging from benign to frankly malignant, composed of …