However, benign tumors are not cancerous. While 'cancer' is often used interchan...

petercooper on Feb 10, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Island Where People Forget to Die

However, benign tumors are not cancerous. While 'cancer' is often used interchangeably with 'tumor', I was referring to malignant tumors as it's common knowledge benign tumors can lay dormant.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/benigntumors.html