Cancer Malignant Neoplasm-Definition and Type of Carcinoma & Sarcoma

Cancer is also called malignant neoplasm. This implies that the growth is a new growth (neoplasm) that if unchecked will kill the host (malignant). Normal cells can express some of the preceding properties at certain appropriate times, such as in wound healing, embryogenesis, organ repair and regeneration, and revascularization, but the proliferation is coordinated, orderly, and self-limited. In cancer, however, these characteristics are excessive, disordered, and not self-limited, resulting in an inappropriate proliferation (tumor burden) and spread that is inappropriate to the host and that has morbid implications if not successfully treated. (more…)