CANCER What is cancer? Cancer is a disease that has killed and continues to kill many people. It was named and discovered by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, in about 400b.c. It includes approximately 150 illnesses that can be produced anywhere inside or outside the human body. Even though there are so many, the have one characteristic in common: the uncontrolled growth of cells. How do you get cancer? Normally, cells duplicate constantly: one cell …showed first 75 words of 1947 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1947 total…Until the cure for cancer is found, which we hope it will, many people will keep dying because cancer is a democratic disease. It knows no boundaries and has no favorites: it can be found among people of all races and ages, both rich and poor, black and white, male and female. And it may be in your body growing at an incredible speed, and you won't see the symptoms until it's just too late.