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by otabdeveloper4 4 days ago
"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.
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jibal 3 days ago
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/

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otabdeveloper4 3 days ago
> 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.

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jibal 3 days ago
"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.

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