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Sir does touching a benign tumor regularly (to monitor its size) and I this process if I end up sometimes pressing it will it increase the size of tumor ??I know it's a bit stupid but someone told me we should not touch benign tumor
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Will not increase in size on touching or pressing.  Only if it's nature change to malignant it may increase in size rapidly
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