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The word is "benign" - literally meaning "harmless".
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What is non-cancerous growth of the prostate called?
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the enlargement of the prostate gland, called benign when it is non-cancerous although growth can be rapid.
When is surgery necessary for thyroid?
(1) When you have a cancerous growth (2) when you have a non-cancerous growth that pushs into the neck, causing other things in the neck to be squeezed (3) and this is the most likely case, when they can't tell from the biopsy if the growth is cancerous or not.
A disease characterized by the unrestrained growth of abnormal cells on or in tissues of the body?
Unrestrained of cells in or on the body can be a tumor. This can be non-cancerous or cancerous. Since you are looking at a "disease caused by unrestrained growth of abnormal cells", I would suggest cancer.Non-cancerous growth can cause problems that can be called diseases. A large growth of non-cancerous cells can cause problems of the pancreas called pancreatitis.Cancerous growths of the pancreas can cause blockage of the bile ducts causing jaundice.There are many other example of these.
What is a benign cancer?
A lesion that is dangerous or life-threatening.
Will normal or cancerous cells have a higher growth rate?
the cancerous cells
Is Enlarged Prostate cancerous?
It is a non-cancerous condition
How is Exostosis treated?
Generally exotoses can be treated as non- cancerous bony growth on bones and the pain can results depending on the size and location of growth and it can be treated as equal to the cancer disease
What is any new uncontrolled growth or formation of tissue?
This is called a tumor, which can be benign or malignant. Benign tumors are non-cancerous and do not spread, while malignant tumors are cancerous and have the potential to spread to other parts of the body.
What will A cancerous growth on the skin will likely exhibit?
asymmetry
Cancerous cell growth called?
The growth and spreading of cancer cells are called metastasis
What can disrupt the cell cycle?
The growth of a cancerous tumor
What is a benign tumer?
A "non-cancerous" tumor
