Gould's Pathophysiology for the Health Professions, 5e
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Author: Karin C. VanMeter PhD
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Chapter 20, Problem 1LO
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To differentiate: The benign and malignant tumors, their characteristics, and terminology.
Concept introduction: Tumor is an abnormal tissue mass that may be solid or fluid-filled lumps. There are two categories of tumor- benign and malignant tumor. Benign tumor does not invade other adjacent parts and tissues in the body. Malignant tumors refer to cancerous tumors where abnormal cells divide rapidly and metastasize to new areas.
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The differences between benign tumor and malignant tumor are as given below:
Characteristics | Benign tumor | Malignant tumor |
Periphery | It has smooth, well defined periphery. | It lacks well defined periphery. |
Size | It is usually small in size. | It is generally larger in size. |
Growth rate | It has slow growth rate. | It has rapid growth rate. |
Spread | It is localized. | It spreads to the other parts of the body known as metastasis. |
Ploidy | Diploid | It has a range of ploidy. |
Differentiation | It differentiates well. | It poorly differentiates. |
Terminology | Suffix –oma indicates benign tumor | Combining forms carcin/o means cancer and sarc/o means malignant tumor of connective tissue. |
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