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71 year old man is diagnosed with a 7cm primary tumor in his colon which has spread to the liver what features indicates that the tumor is malignant?
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∙ 14y ago
The fact that the tumor is relatively large and that it has spread to another organ, are both bad signs. Most benign (i.e., not malignant) tumors are self contained, and by their nature, do not tend to spread rapidly.
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