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A 54-year-old woman who has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer undergoes surgery for a lumpectomy to remove a small tumor detected by mammography. the pathology repo confirms early stage of the cancer and fuher comments on the fact that there is significant desmoplasia in the surrounding tissue. The term desmoplasia refers to

Aan irregular accumulation of blood vessels.
BScanty connective tissue causing the neoplasm to be soft and fleshy.
Cnormal tissue misplaced within another organ
Dproliferation of non-neoplastic fibrous connective tissue
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