Cancer and Tumor Terms

Breast cancer in which there is more than one tumor, all of which have formed separately from one another.

Breast cancer in which there is more than one tumor, all of which have arisen from one original tumor.

Harm arrives from two directions at once: cells crowding the marrow, and the abnormal protein those cells pour into the circulation.

The marrow is busy but unproductive, making faulty cells that die before reaching the blood, so counts fall while the marrow stays crowded.

One plasma cell clone takes over the marrow and floods the blood with a single useless antibody, damaging bone and kidneys as it grows.

A type of cancer that begins in plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies).

Nasopharyngeal cancer arises in the upper throat behind the nose and is strongly linked to Epstein-Barr virus infection.

A neoplasm is an abnormal tissue growth from uncontrolled cell division, encompassing both benign growths and malignant cancers rather than cancer alone.

Neuroblastoma is a cancer of immature nerve cells that develops mainly in infants and young children, often starting near the adrenal gland.

A tumor of the central or peripheral nervous system.

Neuroendocrine tumors arise from hormone releasing cells scattered throughout the body and can secrete excess hormones causing varied symptoms.

A type of leukemia in which large natural killer (NK) cells (a type of white blood cell) that contain granules (small particles) are found in the blood.

Cancer that has not spread to the lymph nodes.

Cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes.

Named for what it is not, this family of lymphocyte cancers spans many separate diseases with very different growth rates and outlooks.

A group of lung cancers that are named for the kinds of cells found in the cancer and how the cells look under a microscope.

Lymphoma in which the lymph nodes containing cancer are not next to each other, but are on the same side of the diaphragm (the thin muscle below the lungs that helps breathing and separates the…

A tumor that is found in endocrine tissue but does not make extra hormones.

Cancer that does not begin in the blood or bone marrow.

Abnormal cells are found in the lower part of the epidermis (the outer layer of the skin).