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secondary neoplasm

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0024882


A neoplasm that arises from a pre-existing lower grade lesion, or as a result of a primary lesion that has spread to secondary sites, or due to a complication of a cancer treatment. [ NCIT:C36255 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • NCIT:C36255 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
comment

Note that we currently treat secondary neoplasms as being neoplastic diseases that are derived from neoplasm; classes such as 'neoplasm', 'carcinoma' are implicitly primary. This may change in future.

definition

A neoplasm that arises from a pre-existing lower grade lesion, or as a result of a primary lesion that has spread to secondary sites, or due to a complication of a cancer treatment.

exactMatch

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C36255

has exact synonym

secondary tumor, secondary neoplasm

id

MONDO:0024882