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Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells, with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [1] Not all tumors or lumps are cancerous; benign tumors are not classified as being cancer because they do not spread to other parts of the body. [ 1 ]
Wide range of cancers, predominantly breast cancer Raleigh, NC 99 Aroclor 1262, a commercial mixture of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) compounds 37 Europe Date Disease Location Number of cases Cause References 1968–1995 Leukemia: Seascale, Sellafield, England: 9 Unsure Studies indicate a correlation with paternal preconceptional irradiation (PPI)
The most common types of cancer differ, but the cancer burden seems at least as high in pets as in humans. Animals, typically rodents, are often used in cancer research and studies of natural cancers in larger animals may benefit research into human cancer. [270] Across wild animals, there is still limited data on cancer.
List of childhood diseases and disorders; List of endocrine diseases; List of eponymous diseases; List of eye diseases and disorders; List of intestinal diseases; List of infectious diseases; List of human disease case fatality rates; List of notifiable diseases - diseases that should be reported to public health services, e.g., hospitals ...
Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes C00-C97 within Chapter II: Neoplasms should be included in this category. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cancers . The main article for this category is Cancer .
The basic cause of sporadic (non-familial) cancers is DNA damage and genomic instability. [1] [2] A minority of cancers are due to inherited genetic mutations. [3] Most cancers are related to environmental, lifestyle, or behavioral exposures. [4] Cancer is generally not contagious in humans, though it can be caused by oncoviruses and cancer ...
This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them, the vaccines that can prevent or cure them when they exist and their current status. Some on the list are vaccine-preventable diseases .
Hereditary breast–ovarian cancer syndrome; Hereditary hyperbilirubinemia; Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome; Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome; Hero syndrome; Heyde's syndrome; High-rise syndrome; HIV/AIDS; Holiday heart syndrome; Holt–Oram syndrome ...