Thursday, November 4, 2010

Can you get a tumor in your prostate without it being prostate cancer

Can you get a tumor in your prostate without it being prostate cancer?
I know it might sound stupid but yeah. And the tumor can still be cancerous?
Cancer - 3 Answers
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1 :
Yes you can and it is fairly common.
2 :
technically tumors are cancer. But I think you mean prostatic enlargement. if so, then yes, you can have what is called a benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). both refer to the same thing, that the prostate enlarges inappropriately without it being a tumor or cancer.
3 :
yes. It is possible for cancers to spread. It could be lung cancer if they have lung cancer and so on. Sometimes people will develop a tumor and have it biopsied and find out that the cancer originated somewhere else.




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