| | Cancer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Cancer is, ultimately, a disease of ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity) genes. |
 | | Cancer prevention is defined as the reduction of cancer (The quality or state of being mortal) mortality via reduction in the incidence of cancer. |
 | | Some types of cancer have a prognosis that is substantially better than nonmalignant diseases such as (Inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions) heart failure and ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand) stroke. |
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