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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.
In cellular model systems, cells are exposed to carcinogenic influences (chemicals, radiation). In these systems, the first signs of a cell developing into a tumor cell are:
- Immortality. The usual number of cell divisions for a mammalian cell is 50-60 (cell senescence), then it ceases to divide. Tumor cells keep dividing forever.
- Altered morphology.
- Building of cellular clusters (Foci).
- Loss of contact inhibition.
- Low or no need for growth factors.
Items 2-4 (above) can sometimes be traced to mutations in genes that result in a disruption of cell adhesion. Some cell adhesion proteins are oncogenes.
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)
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- Topix.net: Cancer News
Headline news and content on related issues. - Romanian Cancer League
Eastern European organization with aims of education, prevention, treatment, support and advocacy. - CancerLinks.org
Resources about the condition and treatment in a links format. - CancerNausea.com
Presents information to help manage nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy or radiation treatments. - Cancer Forums
Online discussions on various types of cancers. Includes topics such as coping, support, clinical trials and treatment options.