Question

a patient sees an oncologist for a test. the oncologist discovers an abnormal growth of cells but cannot determine with this test whether or not the growth will form a solid mass or if it will be malignant.
in medical terms, the abnormal growth that the oncologist has discovered would best be described as a
○ cancer.
○ tumor.
○ substance.
○ neoplasm.

Explanation:

An oncologist discovers an abnormal cell growth. A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of tissue (cells) and is the general term for what's found before determining if it's a tumor (solid mass), cancer (malignant), or a substance (not relevant here). Cancer is malignant, tumor is a solid mass, and substance is incorrect. So neoplasm fits as the general abnormal growth.

Answer:

D. neoplasm (assuming the options are labeled A: cancer, B: tumor, C: substance, D: neoplasm; adjust label if needed, but the correct option text is "neoplasm")