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Are benign and malignant tumours related

2018-10-29 08:31:53
Hi my 15 year old cousin brother is recently diagnosed with some nodular growth in his armpit. They have done several test. The doctors say it can be benign tumours which are not harmful and are different from malignant. Kindly guide me what is the difference between both and are both called cancerous?
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Please attach biopsy report and test reports to comment up on..

Answered2018-10-30 15:48:11

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