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| [[Image:Tumor by Alibert.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Tumor]] by [[Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert ]], 1833]] | [[Image:Tumor by Alibert.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Tumor]] by [[Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert ]], 1833]] | ||
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| + | '''Neoplasm''' (from [[Ancient Greek]] νεο- ''neo-'' "new" and πλάσμα ''plasma'' "formation, creation"), also commonly referred to as a '''tumor''' or '''tumour''',<ref>{{Cite book | author = Cooper GM | title = Elements of human cancer | year = 1992 | publisher = Jones and Bartlett Publishers | location = Boston | isbn = 978-0-86720-191-8 | pages =16 | url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=M_k-NbntrEgC&pg=PA16 }}</ref> is an abnormal growth of tissue.<ref name=D2000>{{cite book|last1=Taylor|first1=Elizabeth J.|title=Dorland's Illustrated medical dictionary.|date=2000|publisher=Saunders|location=Philadelphia|isbn=0721662544|page=1184|edition=29th }}</ref> This abnormal growth usually but not always forms a mass.<ref>{{cite book|title=Stedman's medical dictionary|date=2006|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|location=Philadelphia|isbn=0781733901|page=Neoplasm|edition=28th ed.}}</ref> | ||
| - | # The state of being [[swollen]]. | + | The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) classifies neoplasms into four main groups: [[Benign tumor|benign neoplasm]]s, [[in situ neoplasms]], [[malignant neoplasms]], and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior. |
| - | # A [[swelling]]. | + | |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Cancer epigenetics]] | ||
| + | *[[Carcinogenesis]] | ||
| + | *[[Colorectal cancer]] | ||
| + | *[[Carcinoma]] | ||
| + | *[[DNA damage (naturally occurring)]] | ||
| + | *[[Epigenetics]] | ||
| + | *[[Gene silencing]] | ||
| + | *[[Genome instability]] | ||
| + | *[[Oncology]] | ||
| + | *[[Somatic evolution in cancer]] | ||
| - | See [[neoplasm]]. | ||
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Neoplasm (from Ancient Greek νεο- neo- "new" and πλάσμα plasma "formation, creation"), also commonly referred to as a tumor or tumour,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is an abnormal growth of tissue.<ref name=D2000>Template:Cite book</ref> This abnormal growth usually but not always forms a mass.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies neoplasms into four main groups: benign neoplasms, in situ neoplasms, malignant neoplasms, and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior.
See also
- Cancer epigenetics
- Carcinogenesis
- Colorectal cancer
- Carcinoma
- DNA damage (naturally occurring)
- Epigenetics
- Gene silencing
- Genome instability
- Oncology
- Somatic evolution in cancer
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