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CANCER
Contents:
INTRODUCTION
CANCEROUS CELLS
FACTORS CAUSINGCANCER
DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER
TREATING CANCER
SIDE EFFECTS OF CANCERTHERAPY
CANCER VACCINES
Introduction
Cancer is the
abnormal and unregulated growthof cells. This growth destroys surrounding bodytissues and may spread to other parts of the bodyin a process that is known as
metastasis
."Cancer" is actually a group of more than onehundred separate diseases.The different types of cancer:
Skin cancer (squamous cell carcinoma andbasal cell carcinoma being the most common)
Lung cancer
Brain cancer
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
Colon cancer
Ovarian cancer
Leukemia
LymphomaThere are many others as well.Cancer can develop anywhere in the body, and atany age. Unlike infectious diseases such as AIDS,the flu (influenza), or tuberculosis, cancer is notcontagious - cancer is usually caused by geneticdamage that happens inside an individual cell.
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