Thursday, March 20, 2008

What is Cancer?

Cancer

Cancer is a group of
diseases in which cells are aggressive (grow and divide without respect to normal limits), invasive (invade and destroy adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastatic (spread to other locations in the body). Read more...

Classification & external resources

When normal cells are damaged beyond repair, they are eliminated by
apoptosis (A). Cancer cells avoid apoptosis and continue to multiply in an unregulated manner (B).
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer

"Coming Soon in the next post"

The Fundamental Question of Cellular Health: Where Does the Problem Originate in a Cell? by Matthias Rath, M.D.

Understand how disease spreads in the body


Cancer cells uses "biological weapons" to multiply inside an organ and then spread through the entire body (metastasis).





The web site below brings you to the Wiley Inter Science Journal. You can find a lot of information about cancer.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/28741/home

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