An Overview on the 10 Cellular Hallmarks of Cancer

Christina Rose George, Gimaya Gilbert, Samuel B Mathew, Blesson Varghese

Abstract: Cancer is considered as one of the most fatal disease and a major issue that threatening the whole world because of the increasing number of affected people and its impact on the society. It is one of the major challenges that scientists face today, from a long time they are researching and doing trials which helps to fight this disease and to find a cure. The hallmarks of cancer help us in better understanding of cancer?s common trait and in designing proper drugs for the treatment. In this article we will discuss how hallmarks of cancer help to develop targeted therapies and how it improves survival rate of patients.

Keywords: Cancer, Hallmarks of cancer, Tumor cells