The terms tumour and cancer can refer to different types of lumps and bumps. But the terms are often confused and misused – by the general public and even health professionals. For instance, doctors ...

Tumours can be either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous), with benign tumours sometimes requiring treatment due ...

The terms tumour and cancer often cause confusion due to interchangeable use. Tumours may be benign or malignant, while not ...

Discover how MRI and Doppler imaging boost accuracy in identifying malignant salivary gland tumours. Read more.

For those diagnosed with a tumour, your doctor would first determine whether it is benign or malignant. Benign tumours are noncancerous, while malignant tumours are cancerous. However, once the doctor ...

It's not often that a pathologist gets to make a diagnosis that works for the patient by preventing treatment from occurring. But thanks to a Johns Hopkins Medicine doctor and his newly reported ...

Discovering a lump can be alarming, but not all are dangerous. Cysts, typically fluid-filled and harmless, differ from tumours, which are solid growths that can be benign or malignant. Understanding ...

When my son was 11, we found out he had a benign brain tumor. Soon, I learned the word "benign" didn't mean harmless, as I'd previously thought. The tumor was inoperable, but they did surgery to treat ...

BBC celebrity Fearne Cotton has shared with her fans that she'll need to take some time away from the spotlight due to health issues, after discovering two benign tumours in her jaw. The 43-year-old ...

When TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher was diagnosed with a benign acoustic neuroma tumour in 2021, she knew she might need radiotherapy at some point due to the tumour being inoperable. Explaining the ...