[otabdeveloper4]

Benign cancers are a thing. They might not kill like they show in the Hollywood movies, but your quality of life will be significantly diminished.

[inglor_cz]

Squamous cell carcinoma does not metastatize, but my god it can disfigure people really badly if not treated in time.

[jibal]

> Squamous cell carcinoma does not metastatize (sic)

This is false; it does so, but slowly.

https://www.moffitt.org/cancers/squamous-cell-carcinoma/diag...

[jibal]

> Benign cancers are a thing.

No, they aren't. Cancer is malignant by definition.

There are benign non-malignant tumors.

[otabdeveloper4]

"Malignant" and "benign" isn't a dichotomy, it is a loose sliding scale.

"Benign" is any cancer where wait-and-watch is a valid medical approach.

[jibal]

You're simply wrong. Again, cancer is malignant by definition. And again, you seem to be confusing "cancer" with "tumor" -- your description applies to the latter, not the former.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/27...

"Malignant tumors are cancerous (ie, they invade other sites)."

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/understanding-cancer/what-is-c...

"Tumors are lumps or masses of abnormal cells (neoplasms) that can be malignant (cancer) or benign (not cancer)."

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benign

"of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life especially : not becoming cancerous"

That cancer is malignant by definition is extremely well known. I won't respond further.

P.S. I looked through your other comments and can highly recommend you to https://www.reddit.com/r/confidentlyincorrect/

[otabdeveloper4]

> cancer is malignant by definition

A distinction without a difference.

You can label a slow-growing tumor as "not-cancer" if you want, for psychological reasons, I guess; "cancer" just sounds scarier. Some slow-growing "not-cancer" tumors are faster than others. It's a sliding scale, not a dichotomy.

[jibal]

"cancer is malignant by definition"

> A distinction without a difference.

What distinction? This is a phrase that this confidently wrong ignoramus apparently doesn't know the meaning of.