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Tumor
What Is a Tumor?
Who Gets Tumors?
How Are Tumors Diagnosed and Treated?
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A tumor (Too-mor) is an abnormal growth of new tissue that can occur in any of the body
’
s organs. Many people automatically associate tumors with the disease called
cancer*
, but that is not always the case
.
* cancer
- is any tumorous (TOO-mor-us) condition, the natural (untreated) course of which is fatal.
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Cancer
Neoplasm
What Is a Tumor?
The human body is made up of many types of cells that are constantly dividing to produce new, younger cells that can
“
take over
”
for aging or damaged cells. ...