Cancer:The deadly disease
Cancer, the uncontrolled growth of cells, is a major cause of death throughout the world. In 2007, it killed ~7,900,000 people worldwide, a value that represents ~13% of total deaths. In the U.S., the number of deaths caused by cancer is second only to that from cardiovascular disease. While great strides have been made in the treatment of cancer over the past 50 years, it continues to be a major health concern and, therefore, extensive efforts have been devoted to searching for new therapeutic approaches. The mechanism that underline the development of cancer and oncogenic transformation of cells. It's treatment and control have been one of the more intense area of research in biology and medicine. Cancer is not a single for disease but it is group of many disease caused when the property of contact inhibition is lost in cell. As a result there is uncontrolled growth of cells resulting in the formation of mass of cell called tumors . Tumours are of two ty...