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What does anaplastic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word anaplastic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (oncology) Of, or relating to, a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that a tumor is high grade and likely to behave in an aggressive fashion.
  2. (surgery) Of or relating to plastic surgery.
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When a malignant tumour no longer resembles the tissue of origin, it is said to be undifferentiated, or anaplastic.
Finally, a highly anaplastic growth can occur, in which the cancerous cells bear no visible relation to the parent tissue.
Xalkori blocks the growth of tumours caused by a mutant form of the gene which encodes a signalling molecule known as anaplastic lymphoma kinase.
The blunderbuss approach of ordering a panel of 10 or more stains on every suspected large cell anaplastic tumor can no longer be justified economically or academically.
He was discussing a possible link between the implants and anaplastic large-cell lymphoma or ALCL, a cancer that involves the immune system.
In their article, 4 of 5 cases were found to have villous or tubulovillous adenomas adjacent to the highly anaplastic carcinomas but with no obvious transition.

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