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neoplastic cell

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Noun1.neoplastic cell - a cell that is part of tumor
somatic cell, vegetative cell - any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells";
cancer cell - a cell that is part of a malignant tumor


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9781604569322 Cell differentiation of neoplastic cells originating in the oral and craniofacial regions.
According to histology, mussels showed a continuum of disease progression, from early stages with a few anaplastic cells around the stomach epithelium to more advanced cases with multiple foci of neoplastic cells in the tissues, finally to terminal cases with profuse infiltration of neoplastic cells in all tissues.
The authors start with a quotation of the current World Health Organization definition of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, namely, an adenocarcinoma showing growth of neoplastic cells along preexisting alveolar structures (lepidic growth) and without evidence of stromal, vascular, or pleural invasion, and they further state that, The strict definition of BAC [bronchioloalveolar carcinoma] mandates that the entire tumor be composed of a lepidic growth pattern.
 
 
 
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