Most of the time, it is done to treat noncancerous but painful conditions like fibroids.

Mr. Dronen educated himself about the noncancerous condition by using an interactive videodisk system that let him enter his own personal health data.

Benign proliferative breast disease is a group of noncancerous conditions that may increase the risk of developing breast cancer.

Specimens could come only from patients who had had brain surgery for noncancerous conditions.

The noncancerous condition is often referred to by its initials, B.P.H.

The study also found that 65 percent of compensation over the last decade was paid to people with noncancerous conditions.

But pain experts are now finding that these sudden, temporary flares of severe pain can affect people with noncancerous conditions as well.

A number of noncancerous conditions can cause nipple discharge.

A medical biopsy refers to the obtaining of a tissue sample for examination under the microscope or other testing, usually to distinguish cancer from noncancerous conditions.

It can also find noncancerous conditions, such as infection and inflammation.