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Benign means that it isn't cancer. It can still be dangerous if it is pressing on something or gets too big.
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What are the cause of hemicolectomy?
The procedure is relatively common for treating diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, benign or malignant polyps of the colon, and colon cancer.
What will the result if the cell cycle is uncontrolledor if the cell continue to divide without stopping?
If the cell cannot stop dividing then a tumour will form. The tumour can be cancerous or benign. Uncontrolled cell division may be caused by substances called carcinogens (e.g. in cigarettes) which can switch the P53 gene off. This gene is responsible for controlling cell division.
What is tumour excision?
Surgical removal of a tumour
Which term means not life-threatening?
benign
What is the main function of the pituitary adenoma?
it's a typically begin, slow-growing tumor that arises from cells in the pituitary glands. The correct word is BENIGN, meaning non-malignant, non-cancerous tumor - NOT BEGIN as written. It is obviously just a typo. Docsavvy
What is angomia?
Benign tumour of blood cells.
What is an angiomyolipoma?
An angiomyolipoma is a benign tumour of the kidney.
Benign- used in a sentence?
"we were so happy to find out that John's tumour was benign"Luckily, the tumor was benign.
What is an adenolymphoma?
An adenolympohoma is a benign tumour of the salivary glands.
What is an ameloblastoma?
An ameloblastoma is a rare benign tumour of the upper or lower jaw.
What is adenoma?
An adenoma is a benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
What is an adenoma?
An adenoma is a benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
What could an enlarged uterus mean?
1. Benign tumour 2. Malignant tumour (cancer) 3. Due to another reason
What does benign mean in medical terms?
A benign tumor is one that remains confined to its original site; it does not metastasize, or spread.Another word for a benign tumour is onenon-cancerous. So its good news to hear that a tumour is benign.The literal meaning of the word is 'kind'.
What is an angioma?
An angioma is a benign tumour made up of small blood vessels or lymph vessels.
Are benign tumors cancer?
No. A benign tumour is any abnormal tissue mass that is not a cancer. They lack all three of the malignant properties of a cancer, i.e., they don't grow aggressively, they don't invade surrounding tissue and they do not metastasize.
When a tumor is described as benign what does that mean?
A benign tumor is one that remains confined to its original site; it does not metastasize, or spread. Another word for a benign tumour is onenon-cancerous.
