most of them are benign. Only 1-3% of them are stage 3 malignant, as mine was. Size and location has a lot to do with whether NS will do surgery, or watch and wait until it gets big enough. Mine was baseball size, so NS took it out right away, June 2024. It was over 6 MM (not cm). I didn't freak out about all this, because I know God is in charge, and this is part of His plan for me. My surgery was perfect, it all came out in one piece, and I went through 6 weeks of daily radiation because it was cancerous. I came through all of that unscathed by any loss of function or adverse complications except losing my hair from radiation. I know God planned for me to come through this unharmed because He's going to use me for something. I just don't know what that is yet. Try not to worry too much until you see the NS and find out how big it is and where it is. May God watch over you in the process