Paper in @ModernPathology (bit.ly/4ouqhoe) defines the OSET, a slow-growing, benign tumor w/ a bony shell that can be mistaken for malignancy. “A misdiagnosis could result in a patient receiving ...

It's not often that a pathologist gets to make a diagnosis that works for the patient by preventing treatment from occurring.

The word “tumor” is loaded with frightening possibility. Simply put, it’s an abnormal growth of cells. It can be cancer — a malignant tumor. But in many cases, the growth is instead a benign, or ...

A complex fibroadenoma, even if it does not become cancerous, can correlate with a family history of breast cancer and an increased risk for cancer. Seeking more information from your doctors about ...

Benign bone tumors may be present in nearly 20 percent of healthy children, based on a review of historical radiographs in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the ...

Nonfunctional adrenal tumors were associated with an increased risk for cancers including adrenal, thyroid, lung, stomach, and bladder cancers. Individuals with nonfunctional adrenal tumors (NFATs) ...

When Ashwin Sabnekar first went to an oral surgeon to get his tongue checked after he found a strange sore on it, back in 2015, his biopsy concluded that he had a benign tumor, so he thought he had ...

Liver tumors are growths on the liver. These tumors may be benign, meaning they are harmless, or they can be cancerous. People who have liver tumors often have no symptoms. A doctor may instead ...

The FDA has granted premarket approval (PMA) to the IsoPSA test, a novel, blood-based in vitro diagnostic kit designed to ...