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Benign Tumors

Tumors are abnormal growths in your body. They can be either benign or malignant. Benign tumors aren't cancer. Malignant ones are. Benign tumors grow only in one place. They cannot spread or invade other parts of your body. Even so, they can be dangerous if they press on vital organs, such as your brain.

Tumors are made up of extra cells. Normally, cells grow and divide to form new cells as your body needs them. When cells grow old, they die, and new cells take their place. Sometimes, this process goes wrong. New cells form when your body does not need them, and old cells do not die when they should. These extra cells can divide without stopping and may form tumor.

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  1. Benign Tumors (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... body. They can be either benign or malignant. Benign tumors aren't cancer. Malignant ones are. Benign tumors grow only in one place. They cannot spread ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/benigntumors.html - Health Topics
  2. Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... a tumor. Tumors can be benign or malignant. Benign tumors aren't cancer while malignant ones are. Cells ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/cancer.html - Health Topics
  3. Childhood Brain Tumors (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... most common types of childhood cancers. Some are benign tumors, which aren't cancer. They can still be serious. Malignant tumors are cancerous. Childhood brain and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/childhoodbraintumors.html - Health Topics
  4. Acoustic Neuroma (National Library of Medicine)  
    An acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor that develops on the nerve that connects the ear to the brain. The tumor usually grows slowly. As it grows, it ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/acousticneuroma.html - Health Topics
  5. Tuberous Sclerosis (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... sclerosis is a rare genetic disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the brain and other organs. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/tuberoussclerosis.html - Health Topics
  6. Benign tumor of the skin (image) 
    ... noninvasive and noncancerous is referred to as a benign tumor.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9102.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Bone Tumor (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)  
    ... bone tumor can be either benign or malignant. Benign tumors are usually not life-threatening and, in most ... benign bone tumor, malignant bone tumor, types of bone tumors, primary bone cancer, secondary bone cancer, symptoms of bone ...
    https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/bone-tumor - External Health Links
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    Melanoma/Start Here ... Melanoma ... American Cancer Society ... Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that begins in the melanocytes of the skin. Learn about melanoma here.
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  9. Juvenile angiofibroma 
    ... chap 405. Nicolai P, Mattavelli D, Castelnuovo P. Benign tumors of the sinonasal tract. In: Flint PW, Francis ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001572.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. BAP1 tumor predisposition syndrome 
    ... of a variety of cancerous (malignant) and noncancerous (benign) tumors, most commonly certain types of tumors that occur ... ocular melanoma, atypical melanocytic proliferations, and other internal neoplasms Genetic Testing Registry: BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../bap1-tumor-predisposition-syndrome - Genetics
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