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Cancer is, ultimately, a disease of genes. Typically, a series of several mutations is required before a cell becomes a cancer cell. We distinguish between oncogenes, which promote cancer when "switched on" by a mutation, and tumor suppressor genes, which prevent cancer unless "switched off" by a mutation. These mutations can have various causes: radiation or chemicals called carcinogens; some inherited predisposition is not uncommon; some viruses that can cause cancer have also been described. Usually, they carry in their genome some oncogene or tumor suppressor inactivating gene. In about 15% of all cancers, viruses seem to play a role; Bacteria, like Helicobacter pylori, also induce carcinogenesis by a process of chronic inflammation. Finally, damage by free radicals, which are a natural by-product of oxygen metabolism, can cause mutations in the DNA.

In medicine, cancer is a general term for any of a number of different diseases where some of the body's own cells divide in an uncontrolled manner. The resulting new cells can form a malignant tumor (a neoplasm) or propagate throughout the body.

Carcinogenesis (lit.: creation of cancer) is the process of derangement of the rate of cell division.

CancerCare
Topics of interest to patients and their families including treatment side-effects, pain control, nutrition and bereavement.
CancerSupportChat.org
Presents access to online discussion, chat and support.
Health Professionals: Cancer Resources
Links to sites around the world from this Manchester, England hospital resource.
Cancer.com
Provides treatment information, support group listings, online education, decision-making resources, physician locator services and risk assessment tools.
The World Against Cancer
A conduit source consisting primarily of multi-lingual search engines.

Information on cancer