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The term benign refers to non-cancerous growths. They don’t spread to other parts of the body or invade nearby tissue, though they can sometimes cause issues if they press on an organ.
Malignant cells are cancerous. They can invade nearby tissues and break away to travel through the blood or lymphatic system to other parts of the body in a process known as metastasis.
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