CancerCancer DefinitionA type of disease caused by cells that divide and grow uncontrollably, invading and disrupting other tissues and spreading to other areas of the body (metastasis). Cancer is an abnormal uncontrolled growth of tissue that has potential to spread to distant sites of the body. Cancer exerts its deleterious effect on the body by: destroying the surrounding adjacent tissues: e.g. compressing nerves, eroding blood vessels, or causing perforation of organs replacing normal functioning cells in distant sites: e.g. replacing blood forming cells in the bone marrow, replacing bones leading to increased calcium levels in the blood, or in the heart muscles so that the heart fails. Related Terms: benign tumor, blast, blight, callosity, callus, canker, carcinoma, corn, cyst, dry rot, excrescence, fungosity, fungus, growth, intumescence, malignant growth, metastatic tumor, mildew, mold, mole, morbid growth, moth, moth and rust, must, neoplasm, nevus, nonmalignant tumor, outgrowth, pest, proud flesh, rot, rust, sarcoma, smut, tumor, verruca, wart, wen, worm Related Topics: chemotherapy , small cell cancer , blood cancer , cancer symptoms , breast cancer , lymphoma cancer , uterine cancer , testicular cancer , colon cancer , ovarian cancer , bone cancer , bowel cancer , kidney cancer , liver cancer , throat cancer , prostate cancer , pancreatic cancer , lymphoma , lung cancer , cancer , stomach cancer , cancer treatment , brain cancer , skin cancer |
