Structured Summary
Abstract
New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms.
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Classification
Narrower headings
- Cysts
- Experimental Neoplasms
- Hamartoma
- Hereditary Neoplastic Syndromes
- Hormone-Dependent Neoplasms
- Multiple Primary Neoplasms
- Neoplasms by Histologic Type
- Neoplasms by Site
- Neoplastic Pregnancy Complications
- Neoplastic Processes
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes
- Post-Traumatic Neoplasms
- Precancerous Conditions
- Radiation-Induced Neoplasms
- Second Primary Neoplasms
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Synonyms
17 entry terms
- Neoplasia
- Neoplasm
- Tumor
- Tumors
- Neoplasias
- Benign Neoplasm
- Benign Neoplasms
- Cancer
- Malignancy
- Malignant Neoplasm
- Malignant Neoplasms
- Neoplasms, Benign
- Cancers
- Malignancies
- Neoplasm, Benign
- Neoplasm, Malignant
- Neoplasms, Malignant
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Aspects Covered
38 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
general; prefer specifics; familial: consider also NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; metastatic cancer of unknown origin: index NEOPLASM METASTASIS
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History Note
/diagnosis was NEOPLASM DIAGNOSIS 1964-65; /etiology was NEOPLASM ETIOLOGY 1964-65; /immunology was NEOPLASM IMMUNOLOGY 1964-65; /radiotherapy was NEOPLASM RADIOTHERAPY 1964-65; /therapy was NEOPLASM THERAPY 1964-65; NEOPLASM STATISTICS was heading 1964-65; CARCINOGENESIS was heading 1977
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Number
- C04w
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009369. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009369
- Neoplasms. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplasm
- Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1216998