Sentences with phrase «mass of abnormal cells»

Some cancers manifest themselves in the form of a mass of abnormal cells called a tumor, while others affect cells in the blood or lymph systemA network of organs, lymph nodes, lymph ducts, and lymph vessels that make and move lymph from tissues to the bloodstream.

Primary and secondary A brain tumour is a mass of abnormal cells growing in the brain.

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An abnormal mass of tissue that results when cells divide more than they should or do not die when they should.

Pulmonic valve stenosis (PS) is a stenosis (valve narrowing) or dysplasia (abnormal cell development) of the actual valve, rather than a subvalvular lesion (a mass in the valve).

In cases where a brain tumor begins growing autonomously in the brain, mutations, in the DNA of brain cells cause the cells to grow and divide, forming a mass that is made up of abnormal cells.