Principles of Biology
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Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Cancer is a class of diseases that include abnormal growth of cells with the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body. It differs from the tumors that are benign and do not spread.

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