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Cancer is a group of many diseases that can attack almost all tissues of the body. All cancers break down the stability of cell populations, and cells begin to proliferate without control. A cancer may exist for years at its place of formation in benign form without doing perceptible harm, but it may eventually become malignant and invade other tissues (metastasize). When this happens, the likelihood for survival diminishes greatly.

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Eisenbud, M. (1978). Environmental Cancer. In: Environment, Technology, and Health. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04752-9_8

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