The difference between benign and malignant lung cancer

Whether the patient's lung cancer is diagnosed as benign or malignant; may have a significant impact on the person's prognosis [life expectancy] and treatment options. Although both of these conditions can be life-threatening for lung cancer patients - any medical patient diagnosed must fully understand the medical terminology involved.

What is a benign lung cancer tumor?

Often benign [medical words used to describe medical conditions] are used to describe lung cancer tumors that are not particularly dangerous [usually do not cause death]. This is a quality [lumps] or a tumor that is found to be an annoying [an annoying problem], although it is unlikely to cause death of a patient who is found [benign tumors cannot spread to other areas of the body [no metastasis] - There is diffusion]].

What is a malignant lung cancer tumor?

When a malignant word [usually synonymous with the word "danger" is used for lung cancer, it usually refers to a tumor that is cancerous. That is to say - the tumor has the ability to metastasize to other areas of the body [local, through the bloodstream or through the lymphatic system]. Although malignant and benign tumors do have some similarities. E.g:

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 Both have the ability to grow in large sizes [single size has no practical effect on whether the tumor is malignant or benign].

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 Both can be dangerous [malignant because it is cancerous and benign because it has the ability to grow to a size that may affect the function of other organs].

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 Both have the ability to localize recurrence [usually the tumor is not completely removed after surgery [contaminated cells are left]].

Like their similarities, they also have some differences, such as:

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 Generally, benign tumors grow much more slowly than those diagnosed as malignant tumors [except where they do exist [some benign tumors may grow faster than malignant tumors, and vice versa]].

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 Benign tumors do not metastasize to the distal part of the body like malignant tumors [malignant tumors metastasize to other parts of the body, destroying vital organs on the way].

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 Malignant tumors usually recur in the distal region of the body [regions other than the original site].

So what makes a malignant tumor spread, but a benign disease can't?

When a benign tumor is formed, the cells in the chemical substance [adhesion molecule] cause them to stick together, while the malignant cells do not produce the same chemical [due to the lack of adhesion molecules [viscosity], the cells are easily separated from the main The tumor floats to other parts of the body].

Other differences include the following: from

 Tissue infiltration [malignant], almost no similarities under microscopic examination, benign tumors can usually be surgically removed, the possibility of recurrence [benign] is small, systemic effects such as fatigue and weight loss are more common in malignant tumors, benign tumors The mortality rate is low.

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