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Malignant neoplasm of kidney except pelvis
A 42-year-old member asked:

Dr. Ester Kwokanswered
Internal Medicine 33 years experience
Root of words: 'mal" from the latin word malus, meaning bad; "neo" from greek for new; and "plasm" from greek for tissue. Thus one has "bad new tissue" or "bad new ... Read More
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Surgical Oncology 19 years experience
Confusing terms: Neoplasm means a group of abnormally growing cells, but it doesn't necessarily mean cancer. The two kinds of neoplasms are benign (not cancer) and ma... Read More
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Dr. Ester Kwokanswered
Internal Medicine 33 years experience
Agree w/Dr Contreras: Malignant neoplasm means that something's a cancerous tumor.The're many different types of cancer ex:skin, colon, kidney, etc.Prognosis, or how treata... Read More
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Dr. William Duggananswered
17 years experience
Metastasis : Secondary neoplasm refers to cancerous cells which have occurred at a different site (primary) and have moved (metastasized) to the secondary site (in... Read More
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 50 years experience
How do you know?: How do you know that you have a malignant neoplasm? In any case, start with a primary care provider you can make an assessment and the two of you toge... Read More
976 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Surgical Oncology 19 years experience
Rectal cancer: Most malignant neoplasms of the rectum are adenocarcinoma. This is very similar to colon cancer. There are a few different types of rectal cancer su... Read More
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 38-year-old female asked:

Dr. Charles Cattanoanswered
Gastroenterology 40 years experience
Benign vs malignant: Benign tumors /neoplasms of the liver are not cancerous; malignant tumors are. See prior answer regarding differential for benign ones. Malignant tum... Read More
5.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 33-year-old member asked:

A Verified Doctoranswered
Surgical Oncology 19 years experience
This means cancer: A malignant neoplasm of the liver means cancer. What it doesn't tell you is if it originates from the liver, or whether it started in another organ a... Read More
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Dr. Jason Hemminganswered
Gastroenterology 18 years experience
No: Spicy foods do not cause stomach cancer.
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 40-year-old member asked:

Dr. Paxton Danielanswered
Radiology 33 years experience
Breast metastasis: Metastatic carcinoma of the breast. Adenocarcinoma most likely.
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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Dr. Donald Colantinoanswered
Internal Medicine 62 years experience
PSMA scan: This technique of scanning detects prostate specific involvement. However, I feel your oncologist or urologist should review the study with the radiol... Read More
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