BPK 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Testicular Cancer, Multiple Sex Partners, Mammography

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Cancer is the name given to a large group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. Under normal conditions, healthy cells are protected by the immune system as they perform their daily functions of growing, replicating, and repairing body organs. When something interrupts normal cell programming, uncontrolled growth and abnormal cellular development result in a new growth and abnormal cellular development result in a new growth of tissue. This new tissue serves no physiological function and is called a neoplasm. When this neoplasmic mass forms a clump of cells it is known as tumor. Not all tumours are malignant (cancerous); in fact, most are benign (non-cancerous). Benign tumours are harmless unless they grow to obstruct or crowd out normal tissues or organs. A benign tumour of the brain, for instance, is life-threatening when it grows and causes blood restriction resulting in a stroke.

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