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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.

Malignant tumors such as carcinoma or sarcoma, lymphoma or leukemia originate from a cell or a group of cells in a multicellular organism that has several distinct properties:

evading apoptosis
Unlimited Growth Potential
self-sufficiency of growth factors
insensitivity to anti-growth factors
increased cell division rate
altered differentiation (specialization) ability
no ability for contact inhibition
ability to invade neighbouring tissue
ability to build metastases
ability to promote blood vessel growth (angiogenesis)

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

MyOwnBiopsy
Provides "translations" of cancer pathology reports from medical jargon into understandable lay terms.
People Living With Cancer
Patient information from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
The "Y" Cancer Foundation
AOL discussion group aimed at providing information and support.
MedicineNet: Cancer
Presents information such as prevention and treatment side-effects. Also gives resources including links, articles and support groups.
Cancer Rates And Risks
Provides international incidence and mortality rates including information about risk factors. From the U.S. National Cancer Institute.

Lung cancer survival rates