The nurse explains to a 43-year-old patient with a benign tumor in her right breast that a benign tumor differs from a malignant tumor in that benign tumors:
a. do not cause damage to adjacent tissue.
b. are simply an overgrowth of normal cells.
c. do not spread to other tissues and organs.
d. frequently recur in the same site.
ANS: C
A benign tumor differs from a malignant tumor because benign tumors are not recurrent or progressive and are nonmalignant.
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