TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cancer Cell Biology A1 - Clark, Jeffrey W. A1 - Longo, Dan L. A2 - Longo, Dan L. PY - 2016 T2 - Harrison's Hematology and Oncology, 3e AB - Cancers are characterized by unregulated cell division, avoidance of cell death, tissue invasion, and the ability to metastasize. A neoplasm is benign when it grows in an unregulated fashion without tissue invasion. The presence of unregulated growth and tissue invasion is characteristic of malignant neoplasms. Cancers are named based on their origin: those derived from epithelial tissue are called carcinomas, those derived from mesenchymal tissues are sarcomas, and those derived from hematopoietic tissue are leukemias, lymphomas, and plasma cell dyscrasias (including multiple myeloma). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/06 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135228342 ER -