1- Labelling cancers

Question 1

Benign:

Answer 1

A neoplasm which does not invade other tissues (although it may compress and damage them) or metastasise i.e. spread to distant organs.

Question 2

Malignant:

Answer 2

Refers to a tumour that does invade, metastasise, and destroy tissues.

Question 3

Primary tumour:

Answer 3

The original tumour

Question 4

Secondary tumour:

Answer 4

If there is a metastasis i.e. cells from the primary tumour have broken away and spread to another site like the brain, lungs, liver or bone, these metastatic tumours are also known as secondary tumours (or metastases).