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About Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.
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Questions concerning Cancer, Oncology, radiation Therapy, Tumours, Chemotherapy, Cytotoxic Drugs, Hormonal Therapy, Radiation Protection.

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I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Licensed/certified physician and surgeon and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation therapy in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the European Union. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. Now in private practice in Stockholm, Sweden. I also answer questions in these other categories: General History, Military History, Brain Tumors, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer

 
   

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Oncology (General Cancer) - benign tumors


Expert: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. - 7/31/2004

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What is a "benign tumor"?
Benign means not harmful yet people die from this type of tumor do they not? Is not a tumor soemthing abnormal?

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A benign tumour is the opposite of a malignant tumour = cancer. So a benign tumour is NOT a cancer. A benign tumour MAY be dangerous and/or difficult to treat due to some special anatomical location or something else. In most cases though it is NOT! Once such a tumour is removed the patient is cured. With a cancer that may very well not be the case as it may spread. A benign tumour does not!


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