Question 1

what does malignant mean for a tumor?

Accepted Answer

Cancer: Tumor is a term gor a mass or lump. The causes can be a large number of things. Malignant means cancer. Sometimes when a patient has cancer the malignant masses are called tumors. This is not a specific term.

Question 2

how do tumors develop from being benign to malignant?

Accepted Answer

Additional oncogenes: Many tumors begin as benign, eventually transforming to malignancy.  Small lipomas as they grow develop additional oncogene mutations to become liposarcomas.  Adenomatous polyps that are benign can have Cmyc and p53 nutations leading to malignant polyps. Additionally telometrase activity has to be put in place for immortality probably thru EBV transfection.

Question 3

which procedure is done to see if a tumor is malignant?

Accepted Answer

Where is the tumor?: Skin tumors can be removed and examined by a pathologist. 
An intraocular tumor requires ultrasounds, serial exams, angiograms, etc. Sometimes, the wall of the eye can be removed.
Tumors inside the body require techniques unique to the location.

Question 4

what sort of testing is done to see if a tumor is malignant?

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Biopsy and pathology: The best way to determine if a tumor is malignant is a biopsy or sample, and looking at it under a microscope. A pathologist is the person trained to do this. While there are other types of tests, the best is looking through a microscope and examining the cells.

Question 5

please answer! what procedure is done to see if a tumor is malignant?

Accepted Answer

Biopsy: Sometimes the appearance or clinical picture will be very convincing of malignancy but as a rule you need a biopsy of sorts. A pathologist will look at the specimen and do some additional test to it in order to confirm that is cancer and where it started from. In addition, molecular and gene studies are often done on the tissue to help guide therapy.

Question 6

whether the malignant tumors are always small in size?

Accepted Answer

In early stages: All malignant tumors start as a single deranged cell and grow gradually. So all of them are small at some stage of their development. Most malignant tumor kill before they reach a size of about one Kg (two pounds). Benign tumors can grow to be tens of pounds.

Question 7

are malignant primary hypothalamic tumors rare in adults?

Accepted Answer

: Yes, extremely rare and unexpected in adults

Question 8

are pancreatic malignant tumors hypoechoic ?

Accepted Answer

Yes: The typical echogenicity of the pancreas is hyperechoic to adjacent fat. A hypoechoic mass within the pancreas can be benign or malignant. If you have a hypoechoic mass in the pancreas at age 30, you should undergo an MRI or ct of the abdomen to evaluate it further unless by ultrasound it is obviously cystic.

Question 9

are wilms' tumors malignant?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Wilms' tumor is a malignant tumor of the kidney that usually occurs in childhood.

Question 10

what characteristics malignant tumor?

Accepted Answer

Malignant tumor: The characteristics of malignant tumor is that it has a capacity to invade to the adjacent structures  and to spread/metastasize to distant organ. Benign tumor will not invade and will not spread.

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