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Cancer
Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow abnormally, destructing surrounding healthy tissues.
Definitions in the literature
- Any disorder of cell growth that results in invasion and destruction of surrounding healthy tissue by abnormal cells [1].
- a disease in which some of the body’s cells escape from normal regulatory processes and divide without control [2].
- Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body [3].
