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Cancer (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of disease in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumor, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize. Most cancers form a tumor but some, like leukemia, do not. The... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by deathbot about 8 hours ago

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