AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cancer refers to any one of a large number of diseases characterized by the development of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably and have the ability to infiltrate and destroy normal body tissue. Cancer often has the ability to spread throughout your body. Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cancer: Uncontrolled Cell Growth Cancer is a disorder in which cells divide uncontrollably, forming a mass of cells called a tumor. Cancers are caused by defects in genes that regulate cell growth. Treatments for cancer include: Surgery, removal of cancerous tumors.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cancer is a disorder in which some of the body’s cells lose the ability to control growth and division.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body. Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, which is made up of trillions of cells.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sometimes these kinds of cells will also go away on their own. It is only when they keep on changing and start to divide uncontrollably, forming lumps or growths, that one of the more than 200 diseases called cancer develops. Growths like this are called tumors.