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*#Spread to other sites (metastasize). | *#Spread to other sites (metastasize). | ||
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*Tumour = abnormal mass of tissue.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_145>{{Ref PCPBoD8|145}}</ref> | *Tumour = abnormal mass of tissue.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_145>{{Ref PCPBoD8|145}}</ref> | ||
**Neoplasm = literally "new growth"; used interchangeably with ''tumour''.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_145>{{Ref PCPBoD8|145}}</ref> | **Neoplasm = literally "new growth"; used interchangeably with ''tumour''.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_145>{{Ref PCPBoD8|145}}</ref> | ||
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#Clonal expansions. | #Clonal expansions. | ||
#Stromal components - controlled by the clonal component. | #Stromal components - controlled by the clonal component. | ||
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*''Tumour'' may be used to refer to a non-neoplastic process; one dictionary definition of ''tumour'' is ''abnormal swelling''.<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tumour?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tumour?s=t]. Accessed on: 22 May 2012.</ref> Also see note in ''[[definition of cancer]]''. | |||
==Clinical features of cancer== | ==Clinical features of cancer== | ||