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life cycle is damaged, and they no longer naturally reach a point of apoptosis. In addition, these cells have the

ability to resist the signals from the person’s body telling them to induce apoptosis. Cancer is a genetic

disease, meaning that it causes changes within the genes that ultimately control the functions of the cells. Such

changes in our genes can form due to a hereditary predisposition from our parents, or due to errors in our

DNA that cause damage and mutations that allow the life cycle of the cell to be altered. There are over 100

different types of cancer, all of which are extremely unique. Cancer can form in almost any part of the body,

thus causing a long list of special characteristics that are unique to that specific cancer. For this reason, finding

treatments that are both effective as well as safe for patients is so extremely difficult. 7

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LYMPHOMA CANCERS

The race to find treatments has been more successful for some cancers than others. In the case of

Lymphoma, treatments have been able to increase the life span of the patient as well as their quality of life

quite dramatically. Lymphoma is the fifth most abundant type of cancer in the UK. This disease can be found

in all age groups, but is particularly common in people ages 15-24 and those over 60 years of age. Lymphoma

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