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Cancer

Date: June 2000

Definition:

A malignant tumour characterised by the uncontrolled growth and spread of malignant cells and invasion of tissue. The term cancer includes leukaemia, Hodgkin's disease. The following are excluded: all tumours which are histologically described as pre-malignant, as non-invasive or as cancer in situ; any skin cancer other than malignant melanoma. In addition we also cover non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

 

Date: January 2000

Definition:

A malignant tumour characterised by the uncontrolled growth and spread of malignant cells and the invasion of tissue. This includes leukaemia, Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma but excludes 1) non-invasive cancers in situ and 2) any skin cancer other than invasive malignant melanoma.

No change since July 1999

 

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