Neoplasm results in the formation of both benign and, more particularly, malignant tumors or cancers. A neoplasm is a mass of new cells, which proliferate without control and serve no useful function. This lack of control is particularly marked in...

Neoplasia is the production of a neoplasm (see TUMOUR). The term neoplastic is one that refers to neoplasms—they produce neoplastic...

A new and abnormal formation of tissue such as a tumor or...

A synonym for...

Neoplasia (new growth in Greek) is the abnormal proliferation of cells in a tissue or organ, resulting in a neoplasm. A neoplasm that forms a distinct mass is a tumor. Other neoplasms, those that form no mass, include cervical intraepithelial neoplasia,...

Neoplasia is generally an uncommon occurrence in horses. "As a species, horses appear to have less of a predisposition to cancer," says John Robertson, VMD, PhD, director of the Center for Comparative Oncology at The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. "The overall incidence...

BOSTON -- Ductal lavage is technically feasible in patients diagnosed with lobular neoplasia, reported Marie Ward, M.D. The minimally invasive procedure yields a sufficient amount of ductal epithelial cells for a determination of atypia and therefore can help further stratify patients at...