Neoplasm
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"Humans on the Earth behave in some ways like a pathogenic organism, or like the cells of a tumour or neoplasm. We have grown in numbers and disturbance to Gaia, to the point where our presence is perceptibly disturbing ... the human species is now so numerous as to constitute a serious planetary malady. Gaia is suffering from Disseminated Primatemaia, a plague of people." --Healing Gaia (1991) by James Lovelock, p. 153 |
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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, is an abnormal growth of tissue. This abnormal growth usually but not always forms a mass.
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
