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Cancer is a group of over 100 diseases
characterized by abnormal, uncontrolled cell growth.

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In a healthy body, cells grow, die, and are replaced
in a very controlled way.

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Damage or change in the genetic material of cells
by environmental or internal factors

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sometimes results in cells that do not die
and continue to multiply until a mass of cancer cells

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or a tumor develops.
Most cancer related deaths are due to metastasis:


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malignant cells that penetrate into the circulatory system
and establish colonies in other parts of the body.

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Great advancements have been made,
but cancer is still the leading cause of death

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for people under the age of 85.
In the United States, one in every four people

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die from cancer.