This document provides an overview of neoplastic growth and cancer. It discusses theories of tumor growth, chemical carcinogenesis, the natural history of malignant tumors in four phases, and the steps in chemical carcinogenesis. It also summarizes cancer incidence and mortality rates by age and sex, grading and staging of cancer, some common tumor markers, precancerous lesions, histogenetic tumor classifications, and descriptions of various specific cancers and sarcomas.