Re: Welding one of the worst occupations, according to WSJ


"Joe Pfeiffer" <pfeiffer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"RAM³" <s31924.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Cancers may be either Benign (don't spread to other areas/parts of the
body) or Malignant (actively spread to other areas/parts of the body).

So are there tumors that are not cancerous at all? My understanding
up until now was that tumors could be benign or malignant, and a
malignant tumor was cancerous. Apparently not....

Some kinds are one while others are the other.

Some cancers may be malignant but - for a while, at least - be
encapsulated
by healthy tissue that gives a surgeon a chance to remove it. One problem
with an encapsulated tumor is that a "Needle Biopsy" (removal of tissue
with a hypodermic) can actually start the spread. (My BIL had one on his
kidney that - fortunately for him - his Oncologist was able to diagnose
and
remove without its spread.)

Tumors and cancerous growths are very different. A tumor can be there all
your life and not bother you, or not even grow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumor

Steve, who has a short list of things he hasn't had


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