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- 2. Malignant tumor of the lymphoid tissue
- 4. Benign tumor which is made up of mature but disorganized cells of tissues indigenous to the particular organ
- 8. Branch of science dealing with the study of neoplasms or tumors
- 9. Variation in size and shape of the tumor cells
- 10. Are slow-growing and localized without causing much difficulty to the host
- 12. Coined the term karkinos for cancer of the breast
- 14. Malignant neoplasms arising in “solid” mesenchymal tissues or its derivatives
- 16. Refers to the mechanism of induction of tumors
- 19. Supportive host-derived non-neoplastic component
- 20. Proliferate rapidly, spread throughout the body and may eventually cause death of the host
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- 1. Made up of a mixture of various tissue types arising from totipotent cells derived from the three germ cell layers—ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm
- 3. New growth produced is called
- 5. A benign tumor arising from cartilages
- 6. Defined as the gross and microscopic degree of differentiation of the tumor
- 7. Term used for cancer of blood forming cells
- 11. A group of malignant tumors which arise from embryonal or partially differentiated cells which would normally form blastema of the organs and tissue during embryogenesis
- 13. Comprised by proliferating tumor cells
- 15. Means new growth
- 17. The common or collective term used for all malignant tumors is…
- 18. Extent of spread of the tumor within the patient