benign lesion in a sentence

Examples

1. The contribution of mammography to the early diagnosis of cancer is controversial, and for those found with benign lesions, mammography can create a high psychological and financial cost.
2. Placental Site Trophoblastic Tumor is a monophasic neoplasm of the implantation site intermediate trophoblast, and usually a benign lesion, which comprises less than 2 % of all gestational trophoblastic proliferations.
3. There is a significant risk of detection of what has been recently called an " incidentaloma "-a benign lesion that may be interpreted as a malignancy and be subjected to potentially dangerous investigations.
4. In addition, it helps to predict if a benign lesion of the breast, such as a papilloma, will turn into a malignant tumor, so the treatment can be adapted more effectively for each patient.
5. The name " juvenile melanoma " is generally no longer used as it is misleading : it is not a melanoma, it is a benign lesion; and it can also occur in adults, not only in children.
6. A 2003 Cochrane review found screening by breast self-examination is not associated with lower death rates among women who report performing breast self-examination and does, like other breast cancer screening methods, increase harms, in terms of increased numbers of benign lesions identified and an increased number of biopsies performed.