Group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth and spread

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CT scan; brain cancer (oligodendroglioma)

MRI scan; brain cancer (primitive neuroectodermal)

Prostate cancer cells

HeLa cell, immortal human epithelial cancer cell line, SEM

skin cancer cell

NK T-cell lymphoma is a highly aggressive cancer of a specific type of immune cell called lymphoid cells, and is associated with the Epstein Barr virus (glandular fever). In later stages of the disease, the lymphoma can spread to the lymph nodes, as in this case. 

CT scan; brain cancer (glioma)

Ribcage, Hodgkin lymphoma patient, 3D printed nylon

Human cancer cell

Breast cancer cell, SEM

The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy, cancer in females & phthisis in females, in England and Wales.

Cancer : its nature and treatment, with observations on certain diseases peculiar to women / by John Pattison, M.D.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

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Cancer

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Images about Cancer

Works from the collections

The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy, cancer in females & phthisis in females, in England and Wales.

HeLa cell, immortal human epithelial cancer cell line, SEM

Cancer : its nature and treatment, with observations on certain diseases peculiar to women / by John Pattison, M.D.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Ribcage, Hodgkin lymphoma patient, 3D printed nylon

Cancer

Images from the collections

Images about Cancer

Works from the collections

The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy, cancer in females & phthisis in females, in England and Wales.

HeLa cell, immortal human epithelial cancer cell line, SEM

Cancer : its nature and treatment, with observations on certain diseases peculiar to women / by John Pattison, M.D.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Ribcage, Hodgkin lymphoma patient, 3D printed nylon

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