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What is the difference between malignant and benign cancers?
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Cancer: There are benign tumors (grow but don't spread) and malignant tumors (grow and spread to other parts). These last ones are cancers. There is no such thing as a benign cancer even though some behave less aggressively than others.
Answered 7/25/2018
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