tumours

• What are the types of tumours?

  • Malignant
  • Benign
• What are the properties of malignant tumours?

  • Cells can to break off and invade other neighbouring tissues
  • Can spread to different organs of the body/blood
  • Can form secondary tumours
  • Uncontrolled cell growth 
  • Cancerous
• What are properties of benign tumours?

  • localised, cannot invade other parts of the body
  • contained within a membrane
  • slow growing
  • uncontrolled cell growth