The oncologist told about tumors that have not manifested themselves for years

There are cancerous tumors that grow in a person for years and do not manifest themselves in any way. Maxim Kotov, a surgeon at the Petrov National Research Medical Center of Oncology and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Not in Vain Foundation, told about this on Thursday, March 19.

"Most often they are found by chance — when a person is undergoing a medical examination or is being examined for another reason. If it were not for these examinations, the tumor would never have been found, and it would not have affected the duration or quality of life in any way," Kotov said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

According to the specialist, the survival rates for such tumors are high, according to the website kp.ru .

The oncologist stressed that it is difficult to predict the behavior of a tumor, and even if studies show a slow development of cancer, it is likely that in the future the formation will begin to progress dramatically. 360.ru .

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Earlier, on March 17, Ruslan Basanov, PhD, oncologist at JSC "Medicine" (Academician Roitberg Clinic), said that cancer in the late stages can be diagnosed in a patient who has not previously experienced pronounced symptoms, since many tumors develop latently for a long time.

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