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Do cancer tumors always grow bigger or sometimes do they stay same shape and size?
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Malignant tumors are almost always getting bigger by time.
Answered 6/24/2022
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Cancers are vicious in nature as they can change in many ways including the growing rate in time. Most importantly they can still grow, but imperceivably.
Answered 6/26/2022
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