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| study of tumors or neoplasms |
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| tending to become progressively worse and result in death |
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| malignant tumor from epithelia |
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| malignant tumor from connective tissue |
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| malignant tumor from lymphoid tissue |
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| malignancy of blood forming cells |
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| a type of germ cell tumor derived from pleuripotent cells composed of elements of diff types of tissue from the germ cell layers |
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| a type of carcinoma of the testes arising from testicular germ cells |
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| a malignant tumor of the ovary with the same appearance as a seminoma |
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| a carcinoma with a microscopic glandular growth patter |
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| proliferating neoplastic cells or the essential cells of an organ |
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| supporting connective tissue and blood vessels |
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| ectopic rest of normal tissue |
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| a mass of disorganized but mature tissue native to the organ |
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| benign epithelial neoplasm that forms glands and benign tumors derived from glands |
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| the extent to which neoplastic cells resemble comparable normal cells, both morpho and fxnly |
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| variation in size and shape |
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| loss of differentiation of cell |
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| the process whereby parenchymal cells are stimulated to produce an abundant collagenous stroma, tumors with desmoplasia are typically very firm or hard |
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| neoplasm projecting above a mucosal surface |
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| benign epithelial neoplasm with warty or finger-like projections |
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| cell with the capacity for both rep and diff |
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| cancer stem cells (cancer initiating cells) |
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| cells within the tumor that have the capacity to initiate and sustain the tumor |
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| cancer pts suffer anorexia and weight loss with a concurrent met rate increase |
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| a symptom-complex arising in a cancer-bearing pt that cannot be explained by local or distant spread of the tumor |
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| low protein content, limited inflammatory cells |
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| high protein content, increased inflam cells |
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| low number of inflam cells, usually a transudate |
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| serous effusion with RBCs |
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| exudate with large amnts of fibrin |
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