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| most basic living unit of the body |
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| the outer boundary of the cell |
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| perform most cell functions, including the construction of molecules, the release of energy, and the storage of energy |
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| disease of cells and tissues |
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| cluster of nonfunctional cells |
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| cells grow slowly into a mass without spreading to other body tissues |
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| cells grow rapidly and spread to other cells |
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| Cells spread from malignant tumor along blood and lymphatic pathways |
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| benign tumor of the muscle |
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| malignant tumor of the muscle |
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| tumor of the nervous tissue which may be benign or malignant |
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| malignant tumor, or cancer of the nervous tissue |
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| permanent loss of structural organization in a tissue |
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| abnormal tissue development |
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| increase in the number of cells in a tissue, other than tumor development |
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| spreading of cancer cells from primary tumor |
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| malignant tumor of glandular epithelial tissue |
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| a benign tumor of the glandular epithelial tissue |
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| noninvasive, slow growing, nonmalignant |
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| disease characterized by the agressive unregulated growth of abnormal cells and their spreading to other tissues. |
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| cancer in the early stages prior to metastasis |
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| substance that causes cancer |
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| cancer or malignant tumor |
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| a tumor that originates from the epithelium usually from the skin |
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| benign tumor of fibrous connective tissue |
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| malignant tumor that originates from fibrous connective tissue |
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| benign tumor of the smooth muscle |
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| malignant tumor that originates from smooth muscle |
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| benign tumor of fat tissue |
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| malignant solid tumor of lymphoid tissue |
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| agressive, life-threatening, invasive tumor |
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| a cancer that bears a dark pigment, usually arising from pigment-producing cells of the skin |
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| benign tumor of muscle tissue |
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| tumor originating from the nervous tissue |
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| benign tumor originating from skeletal muscle and consists rod-shaped cells |
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| malignant tumor originating from the skeletal muscleg |
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