malignancy

Malignancy () is the tendency of a medical condition to become progressively worse; the term is most familiar as a characterization of cancer.

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Medical condition (new).name: Malignancy
Medical condition (new).image: Types of tumor cells.jpg
Medical condition (new).field: Oncology
Medical condition (new).synonyms: Cancer, malignant neoplasm
Medical condition (new).symptoms: Fatigue, lump(s), change in skin, abnormal bleeding, prolonged cough, unexplained weight loss
Medical condition (new).risks: Smoking, sun exposure, genetics—history of malignancy, solid organ transplantation (post-transplant malignancy), infectious diseases
Medical condition (new).diagnosis: Biopsy
Medical condition (new).treatment: Photoradiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, hyperthermia
Medical condition (new).frequency: 442.4 per 100,000 per year
Medical condition (new).deaths: per year

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Signs and symptoms
Causes
Triggers
Risk factors
Post-transplant malignancy
Management
Surgery
Photoradiation
Hyperthermia
Chemotherapy
Epidemiology
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Malignancy () is the tendency of a medical condition to become progressively worse; the term is most familiar as a characterization of cancer.

A malignant tumor contrasts with a non-cancerous benign tumor in that a malignancy is not self-limited in its growth, is capable of invading into adjacent tissues, and may be capable of spreading to distant tissues.