A neoplasm that arises from a pre-existing lower grade lesion, or as a result of a primary lesion that has spread to secondary sites, or due to a complication of a cancer treatment. [ NCIT:C36255 ]
Synonyms: secondary tumor secondary tumour secondary neoplasm
Term information
- NCIT:C36255 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
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Note that we currently treat secondary neoplasms as being neoplastic diseases that are derived from neoplasm; classes such as 'neoplasm', 'carcinoma' are implicitly primary. This may change in future.