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Why are there so many different types of breast cancer?
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CancerQuest (Organization (Verified) ) - 06 / 05 / 2012
The key is that cancer is actually not a single disease, it is a large collection of diseases that share a common feature, cells growing out of control. All of our cells share a common set of about 20,000 genes. You can think of these genes as different parts of a very complicated machine. While there is only one way for a machine to WORK perfectly (all the genes are OK), there are lots of ways to BREAK a machine of this kind. If you alter/stop the function of a set of gears, the machine will not function properly. There are lots of ways to break a machine. Just think of a car. All kinds of things can break that will make the car not function. Each of these different problems requires a different type of repair. This would be analogous to the different types of cancer (breast or other) and the different treatments used.
To learn more about breast cancer, visit the breast cancer pages on CancerQuesthttp://www.cancerquest.org/breast-cancer-introduction.html
To learn more about breast cancer, visit the breast cancer pages on CancerQuesthttp://www.cancerquest.org/breast-cancer-introduction.html
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