About Carcinogenesis

Carcinogenesis

Carcinogenesis, also called oncogenesis or tumorigenesis, is the development of a cancer, whereby normal cells are converted into cancer cells. The development is characterized by changes at the cellular, genetic, and epigenetic levels and abnormal cell division. Cell division is a physiological manner that happens in nearly all tissues and below a variety of circumstances. Normally stability among between proliferation and programmed cell death, within the form of apoptosis, is maintained to ensure the integrity of tissues and organs.