Primary tumor

An original tumor, not a metastatic tumor resulting from cancer's spread.

A Primary tumor is a tumor growing at the anatomical site where tumor progression began and proceeded to yield this mass.

References

Weinberg, Robert. The Biology of Cancer, 2007.

This disease article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)