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Cancer
Posted on April 7, 2009 by Dody Novrial
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Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by unregulated cell growth and the invasion and spread of cells from the site of origin, or primary site, to other sites in the body. In normal cell growth, there is a finely controlled balance between growth promoting and growth restraining signals such that proliferation occurs only [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2009 by Dody Novrial
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Oncology (Greek oncos = tumor) is the study of tumors or neoplasms. The term neoplasm means a new growth, and the process is called neoplasia. It has been difficult to develop an accurate definition of neoplasm. A definition from Willis-British Oncologist-(1952) was globally used by phycisian : “A neoplasm is an abnormal mass of tissue, [...]
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