What is a Cancerous Tumor?
A cancerous tumor is a tumor which is considered malignant, meaning that it has the potential to spread to neighboring organs, cutting off the supply of nutrients to these areas and eventually causing severe symptoms. Cancerous tumors require medical intervention to prevent the cancer from spreading, and ideally to excise the cancer altogether, so that the patient will return to normal health. Treating a cancerous tumor can involve a team of people, including a cancer specialist or oncologist and a surgeon.
A cancerous tumor is a tumor which is considered malignant, meaning that it has the potential to spread to neighboring organs, cutting off the supply of nutrients to these areas and eventually causing severe symptoms. Cancerous tumors require medical intervention to prevent the cancer from spreading, and ideally to excise the cancer altogether, so that the patient will return to normal health. Treating a cancerous tumor can involve a team of people, including a cancer specialist or oncologist and a surgeon. Tumors are masses caused by uncontrolled cell growth. They are also called neoplasms. Tumors occur when cells start to duplicate with no checks in place, causing a proliferation of cells. Normally, the body carefully regulates cell production, ensuring that cells are duplicated as needed, but not allowed to grow uncontrollably. When a cell becomes mutated, however, it duplicates itself rapidly, cloning copies of the damaged cell and creating a neoplasm.
