Details of Disease
General Information of Disease (ID: DISPEAWB)
| Disease Name | Pleural cancer | |||||
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| Synonyms |
neoplasm of pleura; pleural tumour; pleural tumor; malignant tumor of the pleura; malignant pleural neoplasm; pleural cancer; pleura cancer; malignant tumour of pleura; cancer of the pleura; malignant neoplasm of the pleura; malignant tumor of pleura; malignant pleural tumour; malignant tumour of the pleura; malignant pleura neoplasm; malignant pleural tumor; cancer of pleura; malignant neoplasm of pleura
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| Definition |
A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the pleura. A representative example of primary malignant pleural neoplasm is the malignant pleural mesothelioma. A representative example of metastatic malignant neoplasm to the pleura is metastatic carcinoma that has spread to the pleura from another anatomic site.
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