Neoplasia

From Ganfyd

Neoplasia is an umbrella term for conditions involving an imbalance of cell division and cell death (more cell division than cell death), leading to overgrowth of a line of cells.

Neoplasias include conditions such as:

• cancer (aka carcinoma) - which strictly refers only to neoplastic conditions of cells derived from embryological ectoderm, such as epithelial tissue, gut...
• sarcoma - which strictly refers to neoplastic conditions of cells derived from embryological mesoderm such as bones and muscle