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A tumor or tumour originally meant an abnormal swelling of the flesh. In contemporary English, tumor has evolved to become synonymous with neoplasia or cancer, the abnormal proliferation of cells in a tissue or organ, resulting in a neoplasm or cancerous tumors. All other forms being called swelling. This tendency has also become common in medical literature. The noun tumefaction, derived from the adjective tumefied, is the current medical term for non-neoplastic tumors.

This category contains articles that deal with tumours (neoplasms - cancers).

Malignant tumors:

  • Lip;

  • oral cavity and pharinx;

  • Digestive organs;

  • Respiratory system and intrathoracic organs;

  • Bone and articular cartilage;

  • Skin;

  • Connective and soft tissue;

  • Breast and female genital organs;

  • Male genital organs;

  • Urinary organs;

  • Nervous system;

  • Endocrine glands and related structures;

  • Secondary and ill-defined tumors;

  • And of Independent multiple sites.

  • In situ localized neoplasms;

Benign tumors:

  • Secondary and ill-defined tumors;

  • Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour;

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A comprehensive list of Neoplastic Diseases (Cancers, Tumors) may be found at ICD-10 Chapter 2 Block C00-D48.~

ARTICLES:  Tumors and Cancer