The terms tumor and cancer can refer to different types of lumps and bumps. But the terms are often confused and misused—by ...

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

I had my first mammogram and was found to have a lesion. The mammographer said that I should follow up in six months with ...

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 ...

Parotid gland tumors develop in the parotid gland, which is the largest of the salivary glands. While many of these tumors are benign, most salivary gland cancers begin in the parotid gland. The ...

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 ...

Adrenal gland tumors may be cancerous or benign. Most adrenal tumors are benign, but can produce excess levels of certain hormones. Cancerous adrenal tumors will require treatment or removal. Most ...

Pauly Shore is on the mend after undergoing surgery to remove a benign tumor in his pancreas. The comedian, 57, took to Instagram on Wednesday, August 27, with a health update from his hospital bed at ...

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

Tumours can be either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous), with benign tumours sometimes requiring treatment due ...