Informative Essay On Stem Cell Cancer

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Cancer is “a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body” (Google). Cancer is a serious disease that can be deadly if not treated properly.There are many different types of cancer treatments- chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, stem cell transplant; they all have a common goal: to remove the cancer cells but also stop the spread of them. Cancer starts in the body's cells. All organs and tissues are made up of cells. Each cell contains characteristics that determine how the cell grows, functions, and die. Cancer starts with one normal cell evolving into a cancerous cell, due to a mutation in the cell's DNA. Once a cell in the body has become cancerous, cell division continues to take place which