TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cancer Cell Biology A1 - Clark, Jeffrey W. A1 - Longo, Dan L. A2 - Kasper, Dennis A2 - Fauci, Anthony A2 - Hauser, Stephen A2 - Longo, Dan A2 - Jameson, J. Larry A2 - Loscalzo, Joseph PY - 2014 T2 - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e AB - Cancers are characterized by unregulated cell division, avoidance of cell death, tissue invasion, and the ability to metastasize. A neoplasm is benign when it grows in an unregulated fashion without tissue invasion. The presence of unregulated growth and tissue invasion is characteristic of malignant neoplasms. Cancers are named based on their origin: those derived from epithelial tissue are called carcinomas, those derived from mesenchymal tissues are sarcomas, and those derived from hematopoietic tissue are leukemias, lymphomas, and plasma cell dyscrasias (including multiple myeloma). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2021/04/15 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1120791927 ER -