The term cancer generally refers to a large number of diseases arrayed across a broad continuum known as malignant neoplasms. This spectrum of pathology has a few basic commonalities: abnormal cells that divide and proliferate rapidly and uncontrollably and have the ability to invade tissue and spread (metastasize) distantly through blood and lymphatic systems. Cancers represent the second leading cause of death in the United States (CDC 2014).

The spectrum of treatment approaches and regimens fo…

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