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What is the definition or description of: bone tumor?
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Benign or malignant: A bone tumor, also spelled, is a neoplastic growth of tissue in bone. Abnormal growths found in the bone can be either benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous).
Answered 12/9/2013
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Bone tumor: Abnormal growth of cells within a bone. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0002210/.
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