Does anyone know?!

Does anyone know?

what is the difference between pre cancer and full blown cancer?

3 weeks ago
what is the difference between pre cancer and full blown cancer? how long to devolp in full blown cancer, and does the patient need chemo or radation after surgery?

It is all in how the cell or tumor looks under a microscope. Pre-cancerous cells do not look like a 'normal' cell, but they don't yet look odd enough or misshapen enough to be called cancer.

Despite what is being said here, those people that I know who have had 'pre-cancerous' cells have been taken very seriously. One 15 year old boy I know had a secondary pre-cancerous leukemia called Myelodysplastic Syndrome:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/t...
Even though this is not considered 'cancer' they still treat it in the same manner as if it were.

Some pre-cancers are considered likely to turn into cancer and are treated more aggressively.

Think of it this way . .
1. a normal cell.
2. normal cell starts to mutate slightly.
3.normal cell mutates a bit more.
4. irregular looking cell.
5. Cell mutation looks misshapen, irregular and no longer recognizable as anything close to normal.

It's much more complicated than that . . as some cancer cells can also mutate slowly (years) or very, very fast (within days).

Here's a handy little chart showing progression from a normal cell to a malignant cell:
http://extension.tox.ncsu.edu/3_cancer.h...

Understanding Cancer
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplem...