AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A benign tumor is not malignant. It grows more slowly, has even borders and doesn’t spread to other parts of your body. Many benign tumors don’t require treatment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Benign tumors are those that stay in their primary location without invading other sites of the body. They do not spread to local structures or to distant parts of the body. Benign tumors tend to grow slowly and have distinct borders. Benign tumors are not usually problematic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lipomas grow from fat cells. They are the most common benign tumor in adults, often found in the neck, shoulders, back, or arms. Lipomas are slow growing, usually round and movable, and soft to the touch.

Detailed explanation-4: -Different types of cancer behave in different ways, and among those that affect white blood cells – lymphomas and leukaemias – there are subtypes that grow much more slowly than others. These are referred to as ‘chronic’, ‘indolent’ or ‘low grade’ haematological cancers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Search for health conditions. A benign (non-cancerous) brain tumour is an abnormal growth in the brain, which does not invade the surrounding brain tissue, or spread to the spinal cord. Non-cancerous brain tumours tend to stay in one place.