Cancer /ˈkænsər/ (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, and do not invade or metastasize. Most cancers form a tumor but some, like leukemia, do not. The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is oncology.
Cancer affects people at all ages with the risk for most types increasing with age. Cancer caused about 13% of all human deaths in 2007 (7.6 million).
Here are some books and resources related to cancer or oncology.
- Principles_and_Practice_of_Oncology
- Principles_and_Practice_of_Pediatric_Oncology
- Chemotherapy_Source_Book
- Medical_Oncology
- Manual_of_Clinical_Oncology
- Cancer_Medicine
- Cancer_Chemotherapy_and_Biotherapy
- Manual_of_Oncology
- Chemotherapy
- Principles_and_Practice_of_Palliative_Care
- Palliative_Care
- Cancer_Web_2002
- High-Dose_Cancer_Therapy
- Cancer_Staging_Treatment
- Cancer_2003
- Clininical Oncology 2e_iSiloPrinciples and Practice of Oncology
- Cancer in Children: Clinical Management
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