What Is Cancer? The typical regulation that the body applies to all cells. There are countless trillions of cells in our body, and each one has a particular purpose. It's a really intricate process that is kept under incredible control, but if something goes wrong and that control is lost, certain cells may escape the usual regulatory mechanisms and continue to develop and maybe spread. We refer to that as cancer. When those cells come together, we refer to that as a tumor. In particular, cancer is a malignant tumor, and we call it malignant because, regrettably, cancer can spread to other tissues, which can be fatal. It can even penetrate into other organs. Since the body contains cells all around, cancer can actually develop anyplace. Of course, breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men rank among the most frequent cancers. Additionally, lung cancer and colon cancer are prevalent cancers in both men a...

  Chronic Hepatitis C Disease Introduction Hepatitis C Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver that results from the Hepatitis C virus. Acute Hepatitis C refers to the first several months after someone is infected. Acute infection can range in severity from a very mild illness with few or no symptoms to a serious condition requiring hospitalization. For reasons that are not known, about 20% of people are able to clear, or get rid of, the virus without treatment in the first 6 months of chronic  Hepatitis C: Chronic Hepatitis C virus Hepatitis C virus infection is one of the main causes of chronic liver disease worldwide. The long-term natural history of HCV infection is highly variable. The hepatic injury can range from minimal histological changes to extensive fibrosis and cirrhosis with or without hepatocellular carcinoma. There are approximately 71 million chronically infected individuals worldwide, many of whom are unaware of their infection, with important variations ...