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Cancer
Care
By
Simon Thompson
BVet Med Cert SAS MRCVS RCVS
Charter Vets
Cancer
Care
Oral Tumours
A Case Study
M
any types of
cells, all over the
body, are dividing
continually as tissues
are replaced or repaired.
If, for some reason, a
dividing cell makes a
mistake, it can go on
and copy that mistake
developing into a tumour.
Cancerous tumours are
malignant, which means they
can spread into, or invade,
nearby tissues.
In addition, as these tumors
grow, some cancer cells can
break off and travel to distant
places in the body through the
blood or the lymph system and
form new tumors far from the
original one.
Even a benign tumour can
be locally compromising, or
present a life threatening or
welfare challenge if it arises
in a critical part of the body.