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CANCER ['kænsə] Noun 1. Any type of malignant growth or tumor, caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division: it may spread through the lymphatic system or blood stream to other parts of the body. 2. The condition resulting from this. 3. An evil influence that spreads dangerously. [ETYMOLOGY: 14th Century: from Latin: crab, a creeping tumor; related to Greek karkinos crab, Sanskrit karkata] In modern society, cancer is the most feared disease by majority of people throughout the world. It has an equivalency to Tuberculosis in the 18th century, the Bubonic Plague of the Middle Ages, and Leprosy of the Biblical times. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world today. Studies show that one in three people will suffer from some form of cancer in their lifetime. There are many different kinds of cancer that effect different parts of the body. Cancer is treated in various different ways. Some forms of cancer are curable, and some are not. Cancer is the general term for a larger class of diseases known as neoplasms. A neoplasm is any new and anomalous growth, distinctively a new growth of tissue in which the growth of the tissue is embryonic and uncontrolled. Neoplasm’s can be classified into two