Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 82.002 — DEFINITIONS

HS § 82.002Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 82. CANCER REGISTRY

In this chapter:

(1)"Cancer" includes:

(A)a large group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells;

(B)any condition of tumors having the properties of anaplasia, invasion, and metastasis;

(C)a cellular tumor the natural course of which is fatal, including malignant and benign tumors of the central nervous system; and

(D)malignant neoplasm, other than nonmelanoma skin cancers such as basal and squamous cell carcinomas.

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Legislative history

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 589, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.