cancer

• What is cancer?


  Uncontrolled cell growth
• Benign tumours


  - Tumour grows until there is no more room

  - Stays in one place

  - Not dangerous or cancerous
• Malignant tumours


  - Tumour growth spreads to neighbouring healthy tisse

  - Cells can break off and travel in bloodstream

  - Malignant tumours invade healthy tissue elsewhere in the body, form secondary tumours

  - Dangerous and can be fatal, cancerous