Doctors may use radiation therapy to treat benign tumors. Radiation can shrink and eliminate benign growths without doctors having to perform surgery. Benign tumors are noncancerous growths that can ...

Benign laryngeal tumors are noncancerous growths in the throat. This type of tumor does not usually spread. Treatment usually involves removing the growth. Benign laryngeal tumors affect both males ...

The spectrum of liver tumours encompasses largely benign lesions, such as haemangioma, focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) and hepatocellular adenomas (HCAs), alongside malignant entities, most notably ...

Peter Greene died in his New York City apartment, and his cause of death is still a mystery. The late 60-year-old actor, who was famous for playing villains in films, was found deceased inside his ...

Paper in @ModernPathology (bit.ly/4ouqhoe) defines the OSET, a slow-growing, benign tumor w/ a bony shell that can be ...

All cancers are tumors, but not all tumors are cancers. Tumors can either be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). The first type, that is benign tumours do not spread to other parts of the ...

If a doctor tells you have a tumour, what does that actually mean? Do you have cancer? Let’s clear up any confusion.

Many benign kidney tumors don’t cause symptoms. But when symptoms do occur, they can include blood in the urine and pain in the lower back or between the ribs and hips. Benign kidney tumors are ...

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 ...

Tumors are one of the most misunderstood diagnoses or conditions. While no one wants to be told they have one, many people don't realize that a tumor is nothing more than a clump of abnormal cells ...

When Ashwin Sabnekar first went to an oral surgeon to get his tongue checked after he found a strange sore on it, back in 2015, his biopsy concluded that he had a benign tumor, so he thought he had ...