Noun
a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body
Source: WordNetIt is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as a malignant tumor in the imagination. Edward Dahlberg
Hansen 2005, p. 128. In June 1961, daughter Karen was diagnosed with a malignant tumor of the middle part of her brain stem ; X-ray treatment slowed its growth, but her health deteriorated to the point where she could no longer walk or talk. Source: Internet
Meyers 1998, p. 304. He fell ill again on May 31 and underwent further surgery at Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles in early June to remove a malignant tumor from his large intestine. Source: Internet
Ceruminous gland adenocarcinoma is the primary malignant tumor of the sweat glands found in the external auditory canal. Source: Internet
It is a method developed by a team at John Hopkins University in Maryland, USA, which can detect cancer before symptoms occur in the patient and when the malignant tumor can still be removed by surgery. Source: Internet
It may also be used as part of adjuvant therapy, to prevent tumor recurrence after surgery to remove a primary malignant tumor (for example, early stages of breast cancer). Source: Internet