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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|Human|UNSC|HCW|RW}}
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{{SeeWikipedia|Cancer}}
{{Quote|no=two|1=Michael Baird|q1=What I'm saying is that I don't know what cancer is.|2=Medical technician|q2=Oh. I got you. Cancer's a kind of um… slow-burn, localized infection, kind of. But we haven't really seen a lot of it since… hmm, twenty-second century, according to this. Anyway, it's easy to treat, but you're going to have to have surgery.|3=[[Michael Baird]] and an [[unidentified medical technician]]<ref name="HE">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian]]", ''page 81''</ref>}}
'''Cancer''', known scientifically as a ''Malignant neoplasm'', is a disease in which affected cells can display three of the following properties:
'''Cancer''', known scientifically as a ''Malignant neoplasm'', is a group of diseases in which affected cells can display three of the following properties:
*Uncontrollable cellular reproduction above normal rates (this forms a ''Malignant tumor'');
*Uncontrollable cellular reproduction above normal rates (this forms a ''Malignant tumor'');
*Invasion and destruction of neighboring tissue; and sometimes
*Invasion and destruction of neighboring tissue; and sometimes
*Metastasis, a state in which affected cells spread throughout the body through the blood.
*Metastasis, a state in which affected cells spread throughout the body through the blood.


Cancer ceased to be commonplace in the [[human]] genome by the 22nd century, though cases appeared from time to time as far as the 26th century. However, these could be treated easily by this time.{{Ref/Reuse|HE}}
Cancer ceased to be commonplace in the [[human]] genome by the 22nd century, though cases appeared from time to time as far as the 26th century. However, these could be treated easily by this time.<ref name="HE">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian]]'', page 81</ref>


At some time during the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[Michael Baird]] was diagnosed with this disease onboard {{UNSCShip|The Heart of Midlothian}}. At the time of his diagnosis, Baird was completely unaware of what cancer is, demonstrating how trivial the disease had become among the general population.{{Ref/Reuse|HE}} Despite this, [[Catherine-B320]]'s mother still died due to cancer in [[2536]],<ref name="kat">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/kat-b320 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Kat-B320'']</ref> though the circumstances of the death remain unknown.
At some time during the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[Michael Baird]] was diagnosed with this disease onboard the {{UNSCship|The Heart of Midlothian}}.<ref name="HE"/>


The fictitious disease known as "[[Boren's Syndrome]]" supposedly caused severe cancer symptoms in victims, which required extensive treatment and chemotherapy (even with 26th century medical technology).
The fictitious disease known as "[[Boren's Syndrome]]" supposedly caused severe cancer symptoms in victims, which required extensive treatment and chemotherapy (even with 26th-Century medical technology).


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo Evolutions]]''
**''[[Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian]]''
*''[[Halo: New Blood]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
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[[Category:Diseases]]
[[Category:Diseases]]

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