Cancer and Risk Factors

Defining Cancer

Malignancies – a tumor made of cancer cells that can invade nearby tissues.

Cancer is a general term that covers a plethora of different malignancies. These pathogenic conditions are characterized by uncontrolled cellular proliferation and growth, and under special conditions, tumor cell migration, invasion, and spreading to other organs and tissues.

Different factors and conditions can transform normal cells into cancerous ones by altering their normal function. The complexity of these biochemical processes and networks represents a significant challenge in identifying the changes to initiate and maintain cancer progression.

Although our understanding of human cancer’s biology is not fully complete, numerous genes …read more