What Is A Tumor?
You hear about tumors all the time, but what are they? How do tumors develop and spread throughout the body? Take the #ZeroWaste Challenge with us Tuesday, April 14th to go one day without...
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Hey guys julia here for DNews Most people when they hear the word tumor think CANCER but that’s not always the case. There are a lot of different types of tumors, or neoplasms as they’re called by medical professionals. The two main types, benign, which means it stays as it is, and doesn’t change and malignant, which signals something bad, like cancer, which means it can spread. There’s a lot of tumor terminology. Names of tumors most often come from where they grow. Like Adenomas come from epithelial tissue, which is a thin layer or membrane that surrounds your organs. Fibroids grow on fibrous or connective tissue. Fibroma durum (hard fibroma) is a common type, they’re those skin tags you get on your neck or armpit. Hemangiomas are more like those ...
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Hey guys julia here for DNews Most people when they hear the word tumor think CANCER but that’s not always the case. There are a lot of different types of tumors, or neoplasms as they’re called by medical professionals. The two main types, benign, which means it stays as it is, and doesn’t change and malignant, which signals something bad, like cancer, which means it can spread. There’s a lot of tumor terminology. Names of tumors most often come from where they grow. Like Adenomas come from epithelial tissue, which is a thin layer or membrane that surrounds your organs. Fibroids grow on fibrous or connective tissue. Fibroma durum (hard fibroma) is a common type, they’re those skin tags you get on your neck or armpit. Hemangiomas are more like those ...
