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Le cancer : le redoutable mal qui défie la cellule

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  • Research Institute of Health Sciences (IRSS/CNRST)- Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
  • University of ouagaI Pr Joseph Ki Zerbo

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Cancer remains a public health problem worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, according to pathologies and countries, cancer mortality rates can reach 75%. This being to argument this work. Then, it will be question of contributing to situate the cell at the very heart of evil which is the cancer that «gnaws» the world in this 21st Century. Cancer, nowadays, seems foiled a lot of knowledge about the cell because whoever says cancer immediately thinks about cell. It probably occurs, when at the cell level there is no longer a certain «harmony» in all these hormonal, physiological and physical states. This results in an exponential number of unusual divisions of the cell leading to a tumor. Tumors may discontinue, resulting in the formation of new tumor foci at a distance to give rise to metastases. Metastasis is the most misunderstood component of cancer pathogenesis. It is responsible for up to 90% of cancer-related mortality. Areas of satisfaction with the results of cancer cell understanding studies include chemotherapy and cervical cancer vaccine.
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