title: Shouldn't we care about the biology of benign tumours?
abstract: While focusing on malignant tumours seems medically reasonable, from a biological perspective, benign and malignant tumours provide complementary and perhaps equally relevant perspectives on the mechanisms of tumour invasion and metastasis. However, the biology of benign neoplasms is rarely studied.
authors: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors: Adrian
authors: A
authors: Marino-Enriquez
authors: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. cfletcher@partners.org
authors: Christopher D M
authors: CD
authors: Fletcher
mesh_terms: D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*