cancer diagnosis and treatment

1. What is a neoplasm? A neoplasm is a new growth of tissue (tumor) in which cells grow progressively under conditions that do not prompt the growth of normal cells. A malignant neoplasm (cancer) is…

9. How does cancer spread? Most cancer cells that enter the bloodstream or lymphatics do not cause metastases. Only rare malignant cells actually survive to cause distant tumor implants by recruitin…

17. What is adjuvant therapy? Adjuvant means "assisting or aiding," but we use this term to mean assisting after surgical or radiotherapeutic control of the primary tumor. Adjuvant chemoth…