describes the tumor characteristics . the diffrentiation among those that are malignat versus benign

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describes the tumor characteristics .

the diffrentiation among those that are malignat versus benign

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Benign tumour	Malignant tumour
Non cancerous,not life threatening	Cancerous, life threatening
treatment may or may not be needed	Treatment required
Even border,normal shape	uneven border and abnormal shape
do not metastasize	metastasize to nearby organs
do no secrete any substances like hormones	secrete hormone
once treated do not reoccur	the reoccurance rate is very higher if treated in late stage
Normal cells are present	abnormal cells are present

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