Metastasis
The spread of cancer from the primary site (place where it started) to other places in the body.
Malignant
Cancerous; a tumor with cells that can invade and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.
Immunotherapy
A type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer.
Grade
A description of a tumor based on how abnormal the cancer cells and tissue look under a microscope and how quickly the tumor is likely to grow and spread.
Dysplasia
Abnormal cells that are not cancer but could become cancer over time.
Carcinoma
A type of cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs.
Chemotherapy
A type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
Cancer
A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues.
Benign
A tumor that is not cancerous and does not spread to nearby tissues or other parts of the body.
Biopsy
A procedure to remove a piece of tissue or a sample of cells from the body so that it can be analyzed in a laboratory.
