Are all the different cancers really that different or is it all just cancer and we just specify where it formed?
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In the simplest form, cancer is the uncontrolled replication of cells.
I’m most* cases the cellular system for self destruction is broken (apoptosis). This leads to the unchecked propagation of mutated cells that are ultimately harmful to the host.
Everyone reading this post has had a cancer cell develop as part of typical cell division through mitosis – but that cell of ours just had the ability to monitor, self diagnose, and self terminate due to that error.
The different types of cancer typically speak to what kind of cell is effected, and why the cell is a) replicating too much and b) why it isn’t self destructing in response to that mutation
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