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Benign neoplasm

What is a benign neoplasm? Benign neoplasm is a medical term used to describe a non-cancerous type of tumour. It is a descriptive term that includes many different types of non-cancerous tumours. These kinds of tumours can start anywhere in the body and the specific type of tumour depends on the kind of cells found …
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Benign

What does benign mean? In pathology, the term benign is used to describe a non-cancerous growth such as a tumour. It can also be used to describe normal tissue. The opposite of benign is malignant. Does benign mean normal? Benign can sometimes mean normal but not always. Pathologists often use this term to say that …
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