cancer
group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth and spread
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Summary
cancer is a class of disease[1]. cancer ranks in the top 2% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39,289 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: health problem[3], disease[4]
- Named after: crab[5], Crustacea[6]
- Subclass of: disease of cellular proliferation[7], neoplasm[8], tumor[9], non-communicable disease[10], disorder[11]
- Opposite of: benign neoplasm[12]
- ICPC 2 ID: A79[13]
- Has cause: causes of cancer[14], infectious causes of cancer[15], malignant cell[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cancer[17]
- Commons gallery: Cancer (illness)[18]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[21], Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy[22]
- Has effect: cancer pain[23]
- Has characteristic: malignancy[24]
- ICD-9-CM: 199[25]
- Native label: καρκῐ́νος[26]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C9305[27]
- Different from: carcinoma[28]
- Health specialty: oncology[29]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: prednisolone[30], dexamethasone[31], cholecalciferol[32], prednisone[33], methylprednisolone[34], alpha-linolenic acid[35], antineoplastic[36]
- Studied by: oncology[37], cancer biology[38], cancer research[39]
- Age of onset: any age[40]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_162[41], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:162[42]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for cancer include Cancer Man[43], a television series episode[44], directed by Jim McKay[45].
Why It Matters
cancer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] cancer is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for cancer include Cancer Man[43], a television series episode[44], directed by Jim McKay[45].