solid tumor

Etiology

• sarcomas
• carcinomas
• lymphomas

Pathology

• an abnormal mass of tissue that usually does not contain cysts or liquid areas
• may be benign or malignant

Management

• a method is described involving transplanting samples of the patient's tumor into immunodeficient mice; when enough mice have started growing the tumors (generally a couple of months), various regimens are tested to see which work best

Notes

• leukemias are malignancies that are not solid tumors

More general terms

• neoplasm; tumor