Neoplastic Process
prostate neoplasm
pros·tate ne·o·plasm [ pros-teyt nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Genital Neoplasms, Male; Prostatic Diseases
Definitions related to prostatic neoplasms:
  • (prostate neoplasm) A benign, borderline, or malignant neoplasm that affects the prostate gland. Representative examples include benign prostate phyllodes tumor, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, prostate carcinoma, and prostate sarcoma.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (prostate neoplasm) New abnormal prostate tissue that grows by excessive cellular division and proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Tumors or cancer of the PROSTATE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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