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The word 'cancer' instils fear into most people. One in four people will develop cancer at some point in their life and, given the dismal cure rates for most common cancers, many of those who are diagnosed with some form of the disease will eventually die of it. Fear is often augmented by the knowledge that the relentlessly growing cancer often brings with it pain, suffering and debility.
Far from being 'mindless' automatons, it has been shown that tumour cells employ numerous strategies to promote growth. Complicated mechanisms to switch on growth; vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF) to create a blood supply as a pipeline to bring nutrients; and pumps such as p-Glycoprotein to get rid of ingested cellular toxins are some of the strategies that have evolved.
While the fight against cancer begins with prevention, once it has developed, permanent eradication of the disease requires all the skills oncologists can muster to outwit the tumour cell and the mechanisms it employs to ensure its continued cellular survival and tumour growth.
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