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Comment author: polymathwannabe 02 February 2015 02:18:58PM *  11 points [-]
  • Cancerous cells multiply incontrollably until they form their little own neighborhood, called tumor, which slowly and ruthlessly pushes everything else out of its way. In the case of lung cancer, the obvious consequence is that there's less space available for the healthy lung to do its job.
  • Cancerous cells are ravenous consumers of resources, and compete with the host body for them. You slowly become emaciated and malnourished as your cancer steals your food from you.
  • Tumors arising in glands may result in the dangerous overproduction of certain hormones.
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