Cancer Definition:

Judicially, the term was considered by Justice Atwell of the District Court of the United States (Texas, Dallas Division) in US v Hossey Cancer Clinic in which the Court used these words:

"[C]ancer is an aggregation of outlaw cells with the propensity to migrate and grow in size and in the territory covered and the definite destruction of the body, or, a serious portion thereof."

The Attorney's Dictionary of Medicine:

"Cancer: a malignant, usually fatal, tumor or growth, as a carcinoma or a sarcoma. The term tumor is used to designate any growth, whether benign or malignant. The term cancer refers to a malignant tumor."

REFERENCES:

• Schmidt, J. E., Attorney's Dictionary of Medicine (Newark, New Jersey: LexisNexis, 2009), volume 1.
• United States v. Hoxsey Cancer Clinic, 94 F. Supp. 464 (1950)