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