Anaplastic Anaplastic

Anaplastic - Definition and Overview

Anaplastic is an adjective used in the context of the classification of malignant neoplasms ("cancers") to describe a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that a tumor is high grade and likely to behave in an aggressive fashion.

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