Cancer means the presence of one or more malignant tumours including Hodgkin’s disease, leukaemia and other malignant bone marrow disorders, and characterised by the uncontrolled growth and spread of malignant cells and the invasion and destruction of normal tissue, but does not include the following:
Cancer means prostate cancer, primary brain cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, uterine cancer, malignant melanoma, leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, bladder cancer, colorectal cancer, multiple myeloma, testicular cancer, and kidney cancer.
Cancer means a neoplasm of human tissue that is malignant, and that if unchecked invades adjacent tissues or extends beyond its site of origin, and that has the propensity to recur, either locally or remotely in the body.
Examples of Cancer in a sentence
This plan provides benefits for mastectomy surgery and mastectomy-related services in accordance with the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 and Rhode Island General Law 27-20-29 et seq.
More Definitions of Cancer
Cancer means the presence and diagnosis of one or more internal malignant cells or tumours, including Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Hodgkin’s Disease, that is confirmed by pathology tests and requires treatment by surgery, radiotherapy, hormone therapy or chemotherapy. Included are any malignant tumours considered too advanced or too serious for specific treatment to be warranted. Excluded are:
Cancer means the manifestation of a malignant tumor (a tumor which is not encapsulated and has properties to infiltrate and cause metastases) including leukemia and Hodgkin’s Disease other than Stage 1. The diagnosis must be supported by histological evidence of malignancy. Specifically excluded from the definition of cancer are all skin cancers except malignant melanomas, Stage 1 Hodgkin’s Disease, Stage A prostate cancer, all tumors which are histologically described as pre-malignant, and carcinoma-in-situ.
Cancer means all malignant neoplasms regardless of the
Cancer means a group of diseases involving unregulated cell
Cancer means a malignant condition.
Cancer means a definite Diagnosis of a tumour characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of malignant cells and the invasion of tissue. The Diagnosis of Cancer must be made by a Specialist.
Cancer means kidney cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, colon cancer, leukemia, brain cancer, bladder cancer, multiple myeloma, prostate cancer, testicular cancer or breast cancer.[PL 2009, c. 408, §1 (NEW).]