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Extent Of Cancer

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Cancer is a harmful disease that is caused by uncontrolled dividing of abnormal cells. This disease can affect people of all ages and ethnic groups. However, there are many types of cancer that attacks different parts of the body. Cancer can happen in any body part or in the organs and tissues of the body. Tumors are a part of cancer and theses happen when swelling of a body part is caused by unusual growth of that tissue. Examples of cancer is: brain, lung, liver, prostate, skin, stomach, breast, and ovarian. The disease starts with alterations happening in one cell and the alterations are in the DNA. The DNA mutation can be a duplication of the DNA sequence and a single change in the sequence can lead to the product of mutant protein. These mutations can disrupt the cell’s life cycle and the growth and that can lead to the development of more tumors. …show more content…

The cells then go unchecked and that only makes more and even more cancer cells. If there are no signals then the cell doesn't know when to die and that is why cancer spreads across the body. On the other hand, tumor cells need nutrients and deposit waste to keep growing in size. These cells lure blood vessels, that will grow in the tumor. People more than likely die from cancer due to the cancerous cells that spread and make colonies in the entire body. However, cancer cells can go undetected because the cells don't get detected on the monitors and the result to that is that the cancer can continue to

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