What does poorly differentiated mean?
What will be an ideal response?
Differentiation defines how mature and abnormal the tumor cells appear under the microscope. Well
differentiated means that the cells look similar to the tissue of origin, in this case lung cells. Poorly
differentiated means that the cells have little resemblance or look less like the cells of origin. Sometimes
cells look so unlike any other tissue cells that it is difficult to tell where the tumor originated. In general,
poorly differentiated tumors do not respond to treatment as well as well-differentiated tumors.
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