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Neoplasia is an abnormal growth of cells. Neoplasia can be benign, where it does not invade other organs or tissues, or it can be malignant, where is can invade other organs or tissues.

Cancer, is a malignant neoplasia.

Therefore Cancer is a form of neoplasia, but neoplasia is not always Cancer.

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