The basic idea of how cancer emerges is by the
uncontrollable reproduction and growth of cells.
This is a consequence of the signals that control the reproduction of cells being damaged by a mutation. They form a tumor which damages other cells or organs.
This is a consequence of the signals that control the reproduction of cells being damaged by a mutation. They form a tumor which damages other cells or organs.
Is this idea wrong?
It has been discovered recently that cancer can occur
without the need for a mutation.
Epithelial cells can become damaged by the lack of proteins,
which unbalances the reactions in the body. The lack of AIRPAL protein causes
the growth receptor IGF-1 which controls the growth of cells, is abnormally
inactive, causing an discontrolled cell division.
This leads to a blood tumor. It is most common in older
people as age degenerates the system that controls the growth in our body, as
some of the fundamental proteins are missing.
The study was carried by Carlos López Otín at the University
of Oviedo.
What is blood cancer?
What is blood cancer?
Blood cancer is an umbrella term for cancers that affect the
blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system.
Unfortunately, blood cancer affects a large number of
people.
Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is told they have a
blood cancer. That's 70 people a day, 25,000 people a year.
There are three main groups of blood cancer: leukemia,
lymphoma and myeloma.
Some types are more common than others: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
is the sixth most common cancer in the UK Leukemia is the eleventh most common
cancer in the UK Other types of blood cancer – such as myeloma – are less
common.
