page_title: Tumour
hierarchical_section_title: Tumour
caption_attribution_description: Sarcophilus harrisii Deutsch: Beutelteufel mit Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD). English: Tasmanian Devil with Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD).
context_page_description: A tumour is tissue that is growing where it should not be. Another name for a tumor is neoplasm. Tumours are either malignant or benign. Cancer, for example is malignant and sometimes spreads to other places on the body. Some tumours have a cause that makes them grow. For some tumours no cause is known. A tumour usually forms as a lump or mass.
  The Tasmanian Devils in Tasmania, Australia are in danger of becoming extinct because of a malignant tumour that grows on their face.
context_section_description: A tumour (or tumor) is tissue that is growing where it should not be. Another name for a tumor is neoplasm. Tumours are either malignant (harmful) or benign (safe).  Cancer, for example is malignant and sometimes spreads to other places on the body. Some tumours have a cause that makes them grow. For some tumours no cause is known. A tumour usually forms as a lump or mass.  
  
  The Tasmanian Devils in Tasmania, Australia are in danger of becoming extinct because of a malignant tumour that grows on their face.
caption: Tasmanian devil with a tumour
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