Malignant disease definition

Malignant disease means confirmed cases of cancer enumerated in the ICD-O excluding superficial, squamous and basal cell carcinomas of the skin.
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Malignant disease means a diagnosis of cancer (made microscopically and/or non-microscopically) established by a licensed physician which includes cancers at all sites and all stages of the disease and which are listed in the current amended "International Classification of Diseases for Oncology" (ICD-0), published by the World Health Organization. Excluded are basal epithelial, papillary and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin but included are all carcinomas of the vulva, labia, penis and scrotum. Also excluded are all in situ carcinomas of the cervix uteri.
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Related to Malignant disease

  • Disease means an alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness or physical or mental disorder and certified by a Medical Practitioner.

  • inherited metabolic disease means a disease caused by an inherited abnormality of body chemistry for which testing is mandated by law;

  • Inherited Metabolic Disorder means a disease caused by an inherited abnormality of body chemistry that meets all of the following requirements:

  • Infectious Disease means an illness that is capable of being spread from one individual to another.

  • Acute toxicity means concurrent and delayed adverse effects that result from an acute exposure and occur within any short observation period, which begins when the exposure begins, may extend beyond the exposure period, and usually does not constitute a substantial portion of the life span of the organism.