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Tumours that normally remain confined to their original location and do not spread to other parts of the body and cause little damage are called `"______ "`tumours

A

premalignant

B

benign

C

active

D

malignant

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B
A benign tumor is a mass of cells (tumor) that lacks the ability to either invade neighbouring tissue or get spread throughout the body. Whereas Malignant tumors are the one which can invade nearby tissue and get spread to the other parts of the body.
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