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What is the difference between malignant and benign tumors?

bobbonew

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3 years ago

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  • Parasyte
  • -  6040 pts
  • -  (3 years ago)

A benign tumor is a tumor that's not growing, is too small to actually hurt something and isn't aggressive.
A malignant tumor is all three of those.

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  • Guest
  • -  0 pts
  • -  (1 year ago)

This isn't correct. See the answer below.

Malignant also spreads to other parts of the body. Like if you have cancer of the liver if it is malignant it could spread to the, say, skin.

Benign won't do that.

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  • bobbonew
  • -  2656 pts
  • -  (3 years ago)

Hmm intriguing. I wonder if benign has a certain chance of changing to malignant.

  • Guest
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  • -  (1 year ago)

Sorry, Parasyte, but your definition of a benign tumour is wrong. A benign tumour growing in the wrong place can kill you just as easily as a malignant one. The main difference between the two is that benign tumours are encapsulated and hence can't metastasise (spread). With most cancers, or malignant tumours, it's the metastases that kill you rather than the primary tumour.

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  • Parasyte
  • -  6040 pts
  • -  (1 year ago)

I got pwned.

 

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