Transcript Cancer Cells

What is Cancer?
Cancer!
• Uncontrolled cell growth.
• Often results in a tumor which is a large mass of
cells.
• Tumors cause the tissue it is located in to stop
functioning correctly. They can also impair the
function of surrounding tissues.
• Cancer cells can be ‘benign’ or ‘metastatic”
• Benign cancers are isolated to one area of the
body and curable.
• Metastatic cancers spread throughout the body
and are difficult to cure.
Some stats
World wide stats
Canadian stats
Skin Cancer –
Melanoma
Lung Cancer
healthy lung
Unhealthy lung
Unhealthy lung
Mouth Cancer
Doesn’t look like much! Remember some cancers spread!
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