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disease > human disease > cancer

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cancer  

Definition

  • Any malignant cellular tumour including carcinoma and sarcoma. It encompasses a group of neoplastic diseases in which there is a transformation of normal body cells into malignant ones, probably involving some change in the genetic material of the cells, possibly as a result of faulty repair of damage to the cell caused by carcinogenic agents or ionizing radiation.

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/1130

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