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prostate tumorous lesion area measurement (CMO:0000886)
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prostate tumorous lesion area measurement +   
A measurement of the extent of a two-dimensional surface of or plane through an individual tumorous lesion in the prostate, or a measurement of the total area occupied by tumorous lesions in a cross-section of the prostate. A tumorous lesion is one which is or has the potential to become a tumor, that is, a neoplasm or new growth of tissue in which cell multiplication is more or less uncontrolled and progressive. Tumorous lesions include tumors and preneoplastic lesions, as well as hyperplastic lesions composed of histologically normal cells.

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Definition Sources: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed, ISBN:978-1416049982

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