Cancer Abbreviations

What is Cancer?

The word cancer comes from the Greek karkínos, meaning crab, and was first used by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who lived between 460 and 377 BC.

Cancer is the general name given to a group of diseases that have in common the disordered growth of cells, which tend to invade neighboring tissues and organs.

Cancer is also one of the Zodiac Signs, attributed to people born between the 21st of June and the 21st of July. Its symbol is a crab ( karkinos ) and is associated with the constellation Cancer.

Malignant Neoplasm (Cancer)

Neoplasms correspond to an uncontrolled form of cell growth, also called tumors. They can be benign or malignant, according to the type of cell growth presented:

• Malignant neoplasm: characterizes the cancer It has uncontrolled cell growth, with the ability to invade adjacent tissues. Its cells can spread and grow in places far from their origin (metastasis);
• Benign neoplasm: it has a controlled cell growth and its cells are usually located in a single tumor mass, circumscribed by a capsule or adjacent tissues. There is no risk of metastasis or of invading neighboring tissues.

Metastasis is the neoplastic growth at a distance, without continuity and without dependence on the primary focus, that is, it is the spread of cancer to other organs.

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