My understanding of cancer is that an organ’s cells tgo rogue. It starts to multiply uncontrollably and this affects certain functions of that organ. Moreover, this behaviour spreads to other organs resulting in uncontrollable cell multiplication of that organ and so on.
What I don’t understand is how does the uncontrolled cell multiplication of one organ “spread” to another wherein that impacted organ also begins to show this behaviour? How can say breast cells impact lungs by spreading to them considering they are both different organs, functions, cells.
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Cancer cells have the ability to multiply rapidly, it is one of the key indicators of cells being cancerous. When the cancer reaches what is known as stage 4 when they metastasize, basically bits break off from the original lump and then flow round the circulation system and settle in a new location possibly to the liver, lungs or bones, when at these locations they start to interfere with the normal functions of these organs and that is when the cancer becomes lethal. https://youtu.be/Q5–K1nUOM4
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