Exactly...what is cancer?
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Cancer is uncontrolled cell growth.  Normally the cells in your body grow and divide along a fixed schedule, just enough to replace those that have died.  Sometimes, though, mutations occur within the cell in the pathway that controls growth.  These cells then begin growing and dividing without anything to keep them in check.  This is harmful because is destroys healthy tissue in the surrounding area and wastes valuable resources.
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i would say yes, we just don't call it cancer.  like then a plant has a fungus or a moiser problem.
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Not currently, however there are treatments and preventative measures. \n\nA cure means you will be completely absolved of the problem forever.  \n\nA treatment is a management. Like chemo can rid a person of cancer for awhile but there's still a chance it will come back. \n\nCancer happens on a cellular level so it's going to be a tough one to find a 'cure' for.  \n\n(Quoted)\nCancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy or other methods. The choice of therapy depends upon the location and grade of the tumor and the stage of the disease, as well as the general state of the patient (performance status). A number of experimental cancer treatments are also under development.\n\nComplete removal of the cancer without damage to the rest of the body is the goal of treatment. Sometimes this can be accomplished by surgery, but the propensity of cancers to invade adjacent tissue or to spread to distant sites by microscopic metastasis often limits its effectiveness. The effectiveness of chemotherapy is often limited by toxicity to other tissues in the body. Radiation can also cause damage to normal tissue.\n\nBecause "cancer" refers to a class of diseases, it is unlikely that there will ever be a single "cure for cancer" any more than there will be a single treatment for all infectious diseases
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Who isn't? Cancer me up baby!
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Here is a good place to learn about cancer.
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Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (in which cancer cells are transported through the blood or lymphatic system). Cancer may affect people at all ages, but risk increases with age. It is one of the leading causes of death in developed countries.\n\nThere are many types of cancer. Severity of symptoms depends on the site and character of the malignancy and whether there is metastasis. A definitive diagnosis usually requires the histologic examination of tissue by a pathologist. This tissue is obtained by biopsy or surgery. Most cancers can be treated and some cured, depending on the specific type, location, and stage. Once diagnosed, cancer is usually treated with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. As research develops, treatments are becoming more specific for the type of cancer pathology. Drugs that target specific cancers already exist for many cancers. If untreated, cancers may eventually cause illness and death, though this is not always the case.\n\nThe unregulated growth that characterizes cancer is caused by damage to DNA, resulting in mutations to genes that encode for proteins controlling cell division. Many mutation events may be required to transform a normal cell into a malignant cell. These mutations can be caused by chemicals or physical agents called carcinogens, by close exposure to radioactive materials, or by certain viruses that can insert their DNA into the human genome. Mutations occur spontaneously, or are passed down generations as a result of germ line mutations.\n\nMany forms of cancer are associated with exposure to environmental factors such as tobacco smoke, radiation, alcohol and certain viruses. While some of these can be avoided, there is no known way to entirely avoid the disease, and public health and vaccination programs are also important on a global scale.\n\nLeukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). It is part of the broad group of diseases called hematological neoplasms.
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cancer is the most common cause of death of all animals.  cancer has been here since the dinosaurs.  there are cancer tumors in the dinosaur bones.  cancer is more a process than a disease.  After saying all that stomach cancer is a terrible condition and i hope you are just curious.
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Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that has developed from cells of the breast. A malignant tumor is a group of cancer cells that may invade surrounding tissues or spread (metastasize) to distant areas of the body.
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No as cancers go it is relatively rare
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All people are born prone to and the possibility of getting cancer.  It's a very bad thing to get. Cancer eats you up like rotting skin, then you die. Getting it has alot to do with not keep yourself healthy. I pray tell you never get it.  Long term cancer is a hell in itself and suffering until you die.  And YES, their are cures for alot of cancer patients now a days. Their is far more hope for patients today than ever before.  Today their's medicine and kemotherapy, and their's always been that "Paying to God" thing... Dr Checko... (Nickname)
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No.  Cancer is a mutation of your body's cells and you can't cause that just by plucking the hairs, no matter how many you pluck.
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Well, cancer is abnormal cells that are growing out of control and will take over healthy tissue and cut off the blood supply.  I have been with three people who died from cancer and it was pretty awful. One brain tumor, one lung cancer and one cancer of the maxillary sinus cavity. \nThe bottom line is that there is abnormal tissue growing where it shouldn't be growing and the body doesn't want it there and it can press on nerves and do all kinds of things to cause pain depending on where it is located. It weakens the body and many times the treatments side effects cause pain too.
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no, cancer can only attack living tissue. hair is not living tissue!
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(m)\n\nEnergy in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles capable of damaging cells by removing electrons from atoms or molecules. This damage can lead to cancer or other defects.
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Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that has developed from cells of the breast. A malignant tumor is a group of cancer cells that may invade surrounding tissues or spread (metastasize) to distant areas of the body.  \n\nThe female breast is made up mainly of lobules (milk-producing glands), ducts (milk passages that connect the lobules to the nipple), and stroma (fatty tissue and connective tissue surrounding the ducts and lobules, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels). \n\nMost breast cancers begin in the cells that line the ducts (ductal), some in the cells that line the lobules (lobular), and the rest in other tissues.
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an oncologist is a doctor who specializes in treating cancer, oncology is the study of cancer..so most likely your friend passed away of cancer..I'm so sorry for your loss
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the kind that causes cancer