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A noncancerous growth that does not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body.
http://www.mdanderson.org/patients_public/about_cancer/display.cfm
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an abnormal growth that is not cancer and does not spread to other areas of the body.
http://https://www.fhshealth.org/HealthNew/adult/glossary/b.htm
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A non-cancerous tumor.
http://www.mpri.org/science/glossary.php
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A general category of tumors that does not invade surrounding tissue. Benign tumors are characterized by slow growth through expansion. Such tumors are not malignant or cancerous.
http://dels.nas.edu/potassium_iodide/glossary.html
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Although the cells in a benign tumor are not normal, a benign tumor poses no immediate threat to the patient. However, in some cases a benign tumor may undergo further changes and may become a life-threatening aggressive tumor.
http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/Glossary/GL.index.cfm
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A tumor that grows locally but does not spread to other parts of the body. Benign tumors can cause problems because of their spread, as they press and displace normal tisues. They can be dangerous in confined places such as the skull.
http://www.llu.edu/proton/patient/glossary.html
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a swelling or growth that is not cancerous, does not spread from one part of the body to another, and is usually not dangerous. Biological response modifiers: any agent that boosts the body’s immune system by stimulating it, modifying it, or restoring it. ...
http://saci.uthscsa.edu/PatientServices/glossary.html
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A growth that is not a cancer and does not spread to other parts of the body. Biological therapy Treatment by stimulation of the body's immune defense system. Biopsy The removal of a sample of tissue to see whether cancer cells are present. ...
http://www.med.umich.edu/radonc/glossary.htm
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An abnormal noncancerous growth that doesn’t spread to other places in the body.
http://www.americanbrachytherapy.org/aboutBrachytherapy/glossary.cfm
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any abnormal growth that does not represent cancer.
http://www.tc-cancer.com/dictionary.html
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A tissue mass which is not considered “cancer” , that is, it will not invade other tissues or spread to other areas of the body. Usually, this means an excellent prognosis for the patient.
http://www.ucsf.edu/wcc/AboutBladderProbs_glossary.html
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A group of abnormal cells that has grown out of control, sometimes forming a detectable mass. Some benign tumors eventually turn cancerous.
http://www.mercksource.com/ppdocs/us/cns/harvard-health-reports/MerckSHR-preventingcancer092906/sections/glossary.htm
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(mild or kind) A tumor with limited growth. It does not invade surrounding normal tissue nor does it spread (metastasize) to other tissues.
http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/glossary_of_terms
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Does not spread to other parts of the body, is non-cancerous, and rarely causes death.
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsheets/glossary_of_cancer_related_terms
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a noncancerous growth
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/fertility/information/glossary.html
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a tumor that is not cancerous
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Tumor or tumour is primarily used to denote abnormal growth of tissue. This growth can be either malignant or benign. It is similar in meaning to a neoplasm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign tumor
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