Benign throat tumors can present with hoarseness of the voice and a feeling of having a foreign object in the throat. Since these can also be symptoms of throat cancer, it is important to seek medical ...

Benign laryngeal tumors are noncancerous growths in the throat. This type of tumor does not usually spread. Treatment usually involves removing the growth. Benign laryngeal tumors affect both males ...

Benign pituitary tumors are not cancerous but can still cause problems if they compress your brain tissue or optic nerves. Some can lead to the under- or overproduction of certain hormones. Your ...

A benign skin tumor happens when cells in your skin grow and form a mass. These tumors don’t contain malignant cells, so they are not cancer. There are many types of benign skin tumors. Share on ...

The author's son consulting with his doctor, Eugene Hwang, associate chief of oncology at Children's National Hospital in Washington, during treatment in 2020. I saw the mass on my son’s brain from ...

What Are Benign Lung Nodules and Benign Lung Tumors? A nodule is a "spot on the lung," seen on an X-ray or computed tomography (CT) scan. In fact, a nodule shows up on about one in every 500 chest ...

Scientists from the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Center for Cancer Research, and the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a blood test that, they believe, could ...

When my son was 11, we found out he had a benign brain tumor. Soon, I learned the word "benign" didn't mean harmless, as I'd previously thought. The tumor was inoperable, but they did surgery to treat ...

Incidence and survival rates of patients with primary malignant cardiac tumors: A SEER based study. Validation of the HFA-ICOS cardiovascular toxicity risk tool in chronic myeloid leukemia patients ...