Cancer (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize. Most cancers form a tumor but some, like leukemia, do not. The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is oncology.
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Is there a good website to look up this information? I tried googling it I'm not getting any good results. I'm just curious as to what types of canc...
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If a man has his prostate removed due to prostate cancer, is he still able to produce sperm?
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I have to give a chemistry project tomorrow in class and I need to have a basic understanding of what goes on chemically between chemotherapy drugs an...
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Does anyone have any information about a new cancer treatment developed in Lebanon by someone Nabil Habib? and, what is his address? Is there any o...
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