Malignant Neoplasm

**Semantic type:** Neoplastic Process

**Definition:** A neoplasm composed of atypical neoplastic, often pleomorphic cells that invade other tissues. Malignant neoplasms often metastasize to distant anatomic sites and may recur after excision. The most common malignant neoplasms are carcinomas, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas, leukemias, melanomas, and sarcomas.

**Synonyms:** - CA - CA - Cancer - Cancer - Cancer - Cancer - Cancer - Cancer - Malignancy - Malignancy - Malignancy - Malignancy - Malignant Growth - Malignant Neoplastic Disease - Malignant Tumor - Malignant Tumor - NEOPLASM, MALIGNANT - Neoplasm, malignant - Tumor, malignant, NOS - Unclassified tumor, malignant - cancer - malignancy