Date: July 2001
Definition:
A malignant tumour characterised by the uncontrolled growth and spread of malignant cells and invasion of tissue. The term cancer includes leukaemia and Hodgkin's disease but the following are excluded: all tumours which are histologically described as pre-malignant, as non-invasive or as cancer in situ; any skin cancer other than malignant melanoma.
(Additional point stating we also cover non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has been removed).