Chapter 19.5, Problem 19BYGO

Summary Introduction

To analyze:

The similarity and difference between leukocytosis and leukemia.

Introduction:

Cancer is the unconstrained growth and proliferation of cells that compete with the healthy cells for nutrition, space and eventually cause the death of normal cells. Cancer can be of different types depending upon the type of cells, organ affected, and stage. The spreading of cancer to other places in the body is called metastasis.