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Cancer: Tumors
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Cancer is the Latin word for crab. The ancients used the word to mean a malignancy, doubtless because of the crab-like tenacity a malignant tumor sometimes seems to show in grasping the tissues it invades. Cancer may ... be called malignancy, a malignant tumor, or a neoplasm (literally, a new growth).
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Most forms of cancer are "sporadic", and have no basis in heredity. There are... a number of recognised syndromes of cancer with a hereditary component, often a defective tumor suppressor allele. Famous examples are:
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Some will say that it is understandable why classic medicine is loosing a war on cancer. Focusing only on the tumor, and neglecting the other sides and other problems will never be sufficient to cure cancer.
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