differentiation
Description
The normal process by which immature (unspecialized) cells develop individual characteristics to become mature (specialized) cells.
Differentiation is used to describe the extent to which cancerous cells resemble normal cells. Differentiated cancer cells look and act like normal cells; they tend to grow and spread slowly. Undifferentiated cancer cells do not look or act like normal cells; they tend to grow and spread quickly.
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