Diseases

Malignant Tumor

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The benign tumours, such as moles and warts. However, in other tumours the cells are able to invade the surrounding tissue and spread into nearby organs where they can cause serious and, eventually, fatal damage. These are called malignant tumours

SYMPTOMS

Local symptoms: lumps, swelling, hemorrhaging, and acute pain found near the tumor itself are all examples of local symptoms.
Metastatic symptoms: enlarged lymph nodes, an enlarged liver (hepatomegaly), and an enlarged spleen (splenomegaly) are common metastatic symptoms, which can be found anywhere in the body if the tumor has spread.
Systemic symptoms: these are more generic symptoms that may indicate an illness, though not necessarily a malignant tumor. These include excessive sweating (particularly at night), weight loss due to poor appetite, fatigue, anemia, and a host of other common symptom

CAUSES

Common environmental risk factors include tobacco (the primary cause of most lung tumors), alcohol, poor diet, poor exercise regimen, and chemical pollutants. A very small percentage of malignant tumors are hereditary