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).
Cancer cells may be immortal; that is, proliferate indefinitely in culture. Example: HeLa cells are cultured in laboratories around the world.
Cancer
Introduction
Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells (mitosis). It ultimately kills the organism.
Cancer cell
a cell that divides and reproduces abnormally with uncontrolled growth. This cell can break away and travel to other parts of the body and set up another site, referred to as metastasis.
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Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth. Cancer begins when a single cell mutates, resulting in a breakdown of the normal regulatory controls that keep cell division in check.
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Cathepsin B expression is increased in many human cancers at the mRNA, protein and activity levels.
Cancer cell growth
Cancer research is an area of biology where growth curve analysis [1] plays an important role.
Cancer-Detecting Microchip May Work as Assay
A new technique for detecting proteins associated with prostate cancer may serve as a sensitive assay for this common killer and have wide applications beyond diagnostics as well.
Cancer
Disease(s) in which abnormal cells divide and grow unchecked. Cancer can spread from its original site to other parts of the body and can also be fatal if not treated adequately. [Talking Glossary]
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Cancer is caused by somatic mutations (mutations in cells of the body) in genes that are responsible for controlling cell division. Usually this requires several mutations since the cellular controls all have backups. Cancer is clonal.
cancer of the bone marrow resulting in excess production of leukocytes.
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Cancer cells are those which undergo a series of rapid divisions such that the daughter cells divide before they have reached "functional maturity".
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Cancer that occurs due to the inheritance of an altered gene within a family.
See also: sporadic cancer
Heterozygosity
The presence of different alleles at one or more loci on homologous chromosomes.
Breast cancer is caused when normal cells change and produce a tumor. In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (336, 1269 (1997)), scientists from Norway studied the incidence of breast cancer in 25,624 women.
Carcinogen cancer-causing agent
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In recent years, skin cancer has become a greater problem for people. It's not that we are more vulnerable to cancer; people just seem to be spending more time in the sun without protection.
A substance that induces cancer. Carcinoma. A malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue, which forms the skin and outer cell layers of internal organs. Catalyst.
Retinoblastoma -- a childhood malignant cancer of the retina of the eye. reverse transcriptase viral enzyme used to make cDNA.
heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers). Although such disorders are inherited, they depend on the simultaneous presence of several alleles; thus the hereditary patterns are usually more complex than those of single-gene disorders.
Stratospheric ozone helps filter most of the high-energy ultraviolet radiation that causes cancer and mutations. The development of atmospheric ozone shield is one of the necessary events in the history of life that permitted life to exist on land.
To name just one, the observed development of resistance - to insecticides in crop pests, to antibiotics in bacteria, to chemotherapy in cancer cells, ...
A gene, one or more forms of which is associated with cancer. Many oncogenes are involved, directly or indirectly, in controlling the rate of cell growth.
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Oncogene: A gene in a tumor virus or in cancerous cells which, when transferred into other cells, can cause transformation (note that only certain cells are susceptible to transformation by any one oncogene).
Defects in apoptosis are associated with maintenance of the transformed state and cancer. Anti-apoptotic proteins include Bcl-2 and HSP families (see also caspase).
malignant tumor A mass of cancerous cells that have left their site of origin, migrated through the body, invaded normal tissues, and are growing out of control.
malleus The ossicle attached to the tympanum in middle ears of mammals.
In eukaryotic cells, the word transformation is normally used only to describe a process that causes the cell to become malignant (cancerous).
(kar-sin-oh-jen)
A chemical agent that causes cancer.
cardiac muscle
(kar-dee-ak)
A type of muscle that forms the contractile wall of the heart; its cells are joined by intercalated discs that relay each heartbeat.
Chemotherapy. A treatment for cancers that involves ad- ministering chemicals toxic to malignant cells.
Chloramphenicol. An antibiotic that interferes with protein synthesis.
Examples are the rapid movement of cells in developing embryos, organ-to-organ spreading of malignant cancer cells, and the migration of neural axons to synaptic targets.
Free radical damage may lead to cancer. Antioxidants interact with and stabilize free radicals and may prevent some of the damage free radicals otherwise might cause.
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HPCC) A common form of hereditary colon cancer due to defective correction of DNA mismatches. Also called Lynch syndrome.
Carcinogen
A physical or chemical agent that causes cancer.
Cascade
A series of events that result in transmission and usually amplification of a weak signal.
Oncology - the study of cancer processes, including virus or mutation oncogenesis, angiogenesis and tissues remoldings
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neoplasm (tumor) - a synonym for cancerous tissue
serotonin - increase vascular permeability and smooth muscle contraction. Originates from platelets ...
carcinogen. A substance or agent capable of causing cancer.
caterpillar. The larva of a butterfly, moth, sawfly, or scorpionfly.
The study on the origin of diseases and plagues is also answerable by means of Biology, for example the etiology of cancer, infections, functional problems, the damage to fruits, the pathologies of farm animals, plants, trees, etc.
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Plant Viruses and Viroids
Viruses and Cancer
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It is quite common to meet with patients who complain of pain in the ear, in whom there is no sign of aural disease, and the cause is usually to be found in a carious tooth in the mandible. Moreover, with an ulcer or cancer of the tongue, ...
tissue culture cells, cells transfected with foreign DNA are transformed if their exhibit morphology changes such as rounded cell bodies, loss of contact inhibition, and formation of plaques. These morphology changes are characteristics of cancer ...
When the solution is sprayed as a stream of fine droplets past a laser and computer sensor, a machine can identify whether the cells in the droplets have been "tagged" by the antibodies. This has found extensive use in cancer research, ...
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