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benign

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000983

Not cancer. Benign tumors may grow larger but do not spread to other parts of the body. Also called nonmalignant.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000983
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsnonmalignant
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000983",
  "term": "benign",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Not cancer. Benign tumors may grow larger but do not spread to other parts of the body. Also called nonmalignant.",
  "synonyms": [
    "nonmalignant"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/benign/"
}

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