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Neoplasia
The uncontrolled growth of cells or tissues that can invade local healthy tissue.
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Benign Tumours
Tumours that are well differentiated, grow progressively and slowly, and do not infiltrate surrounding tissues.
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Malignant Tumours
Tumours that are poorly differentiated, can grow fast or slow with unregulated growth, and often invade surrounding healthy tissue.
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Carcinogen
A factor that has the potential to cause cancer.
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Proto-oncogenes
Normal genes that, when mutated, can promote cancerous growth.
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Tumour Suppressors
Genes that normally help regulate cell division and prevent tumor formation; mutations can lead to cancer.
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Apoptotic Genes
Genes that regulate programmed cell death; their alteration can lead to increased survival of cancer cells.
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GLOBOCAN 2022
A project that estimated 19.9 million new cancer cases and 10 million cancer deaths in 2022.
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Hallmarks of Cancer
Characteristics that enable cancer cells to sustain growth and evade normal regulatory mechanisms.
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Driver Mutations
Genetic alterations that drive the development and progression of cancer.
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Precision Cancer Medicine
An approach to cancer treatment that takes into account individual genetic differences in patients' tumors.
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Cancer Progression
The process through which normal cells evolve into neoplastic cells, leading to tumor formation.
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Epidemiology of Cancer
The study of the distribution and determinants of cancer cases and deaths in populations.
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Chemotherapy
A type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to kill cancer cells.
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Radiotherapy
A treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells.
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Tumor Development Stages
The progression from normal cells to carcinoma in situ to invasive carcinoma.
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Metastasis
The spread of cancer cells from the primary tumor to distant sites in the body.
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Cancer Pathology
The study of the structural and functional changes in tissues caused by cancer.
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Lymphoma
Cancer of the lymphatic system.
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Leukemia
Cancer of blood cells or bone marrow.
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Sarcoma
Cancer of connective tissue.
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Carcinoma
Cancer of epithelial tissue.
