Adjective
benign- Kind; gentle; mild.
- (medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
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...Non-oncologic disorders referred to as "benign":
- Benign intracranial hypertension
- Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Benign tertian malaria (Malaria caused specifically by Plasmodium vivax or Plasmodium ovale) Read full entry
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- 1.Benign tumor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- A benign tumor is a tumor that lacks all three of the malignant properties of a cancer. ... Common examples of benign tumors include moles and uterine fibroids. ...
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enign_tumor
- 2.Benignity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- (Redirected from Benign) Jump to: navigation, search ... Benign prostatic hyperplasia. Benign tertian malaria (Malaria caused specifically by Plasmodium vivax ...
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enign
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What is the difference between 1. Benign tumors do not
metastasize; malignant tumors
do.
2. Benign tumors are composed
of cancer cells; malignant
tumors are not.
3. Benign tumors are
classified as sarcomas;
malignant tumors are
leukemias.
4. Benign tumors cannot kill
you; malignant tumors can.
5. Benign tumors are not the
result of a failure of a
cell-cycle control system;
malignant tumors are.
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1- u'r point is right. 2- Benign tumors are not composed of cancer cells, but malignant tumors are composed of cancer cells. 3- no no, only malignant tumors are furthur classified into carcinomas ( derived from epithelial cells) , sarcomas ( derived from connective tissue) , lymphomas n leukemias ( derived from blood n lymphatic tissue). 4- u'r point is right. 5- Both these tumors are result of failure of cell-cycle cotrol. |
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What is the difference between A) Benign tumors arise by
transformation; malignant
tumors don't.
B) Benign tumors do not
metastasize; malignant tumors
do.
C) Benign tumors metastasize;
malignant tumors don't.
E) Benign tumors do not arise
by transformation; malignant
tumors do.
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I'm pretty sure it's B benign tumours are not cancerous where as malignant are and have the ability to "spread" (metastasize) |
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What is the difference between What is the difference between
a benign tumor and a cancerous
tumor? And please don't say
that a cancerous tumor has
cancerous cells, why are those
cells considered cancerous?
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The big difference is whether the cancer will metastasise or not. Metastasis is the spreading of the cancer from its original location to other locations in the body - causing "secondary tumours" elsewhere. A benign tumour can still be life-threatening, depending on its location and size. For example, a non-metastatic tumour in the brain is still going to interfere with brain function, squeezing other bits of the brain, using-up blood and oxygen, etc. The whole benign/malignant thing is why some tumours are considered more "serious" than others. Breast cancer, for example, should on the face of it not be considered too serious: the breast is not a vital organ, so even if there is a large and unsightly tumour there, it shouldn't be life-threatening. But breast cancers are very prone to metastasis - particularly to the lungs. since the lungs *are* a vital organ, cancers there will likely kill you, so breast cancer is taken very seriously. Edit: *all* tumours are cancerous. The distinction you are asking about is between "benign" and "malignant" cancers. |
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