Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world and my interest in the subject is simple. My mother is the most resilient person I have ever met. Any time I need any kind of inspiration, I need only to think of her. When she was eighteen she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. The doctors gave her a less than thirty percent chance of living. Since then she has had cancer three other times. Breast cancer twice in "85 and "90, and most recently, colon cancer two summers ago. She has had many different treatments including chemo and radiation therapy as well as surgery to remove lumps in both breasts and her colon. What is cancer? There are more than 100 different types of cancer. It occurs when cells become abnormal and divide without control or order. Normally, cells divide in an orderly way to produce more cells only when the body needs them. If cells keep dividing when new cells are not needed, a mass of tissue forms. This mass of extra tissue, called a growth or tumor, can be benign or malignant. (National Institute of Health) Benign tumors are not cancer. They do not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body. Benign tumors usually can be removed and are seldom a threat to life. Malignant tumors are cancer. They can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs. Cancer can also break away from a malignant tumor and enter the bloodstream and lymphatic system. Through the lymphatic system is one of cancers best modes of transport for spreading to form new tumors in other parts of the body. The spread of cancer is called metastasis. Malignant tumors must be treated or will be fatal. There are many treatments for cancer. Among these are radiation, chemotherapy, surgery and the rapidly growing field of genetic therapy. It was discovered that when radioactive waves were directed on human cells, the cells would be destroyed. The idea of using this technology on cancer was a good one but was unsuccessful at first due to the damage caused to surrounding tissues.
People develop cancer because of damaged DNA. Cancer is always traced back to DNA. ... Different kinds of cancer are very different, and all cancers are treated in different ways. ... Rates of cancer differ in different ethnic groups. ... Skin cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer come from other things, mostly age, skin cancer from spending too much time in the sun. ...
Warning about children and Cancer " Warning about children and cancer" came from the Associated Press. ... It explained that years ago children with cancer had very little chance of being cured however, as time moved children of all ages had survived childhood cancer. ... The article also highlighted key recommendations to help fight cancer. Some of which were: Developing guidelines for follow-up care of childhood cancer survivors. ... Catching the cancer from a child's age beats the chances of its growth....
WHAT IS PROSTATE CANCER? ... Most prostate cancers grow very slowly. ... Prostate cancer is the most common cancer, excluding skin cancers, in American men. ... Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States, exceeded only by lung cancer. ... Prostate cancer accounts for about 11% of male cancer-related deaths. ...
Cancer Facts Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States of America. Cancer is a disease that is very serious and fatal, but do we really know what cancer is and what causes cancer? ... Lung cancer and breast cancer are very different diseases. ... This is why people with different types of cancer need the treatment that aims their kind of cancer. ... Who is at risk of developing cancer? ...
What Is Lung Cancer? Most cancers are named after the part of the body where the cancer first starts. ... Types of Lung Cancer There are two major types of lung cancer. ... Small cell lung cancer accounts for about 20% of all lung cancers. ... Non-small cell lung cancer is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for almost 80% of lung cancers. ...
Mammogram is one form of screening and testing a patient for breast cancer. ... Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most common tests for cancer. It uses computers and radio waves to detect cancer. ... There are a couple ways of detecting cancer on your self. ... I feel that cancer is affecting the whole world around us. ...
Cancer I have never had to experience what it would be like to have cancer. ... In 1991 my mother was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. ... This is called Thyroid Hormonal Therapy, one of the most common forms of treatment for thyroid cancer after surgery (Cancer 2). ... This is a common cause to a lot of cases of thyroid cancer, since I have known 3 people that each associate having thyroid cancer to radiation exposure. ... Cancer is definitely something to avoid at all costs, since the diagnoses of cancer does not only affect you, it also affects everyone that cares about you. ...
Cancer Kills Cancer has been around for longer than 3,000 B.C and there is still no cure for it. ... One in eight deaths are due from cancer. ... Now some facts about animals with cancer. Humans and animals have the same rate of receiving cancer, half of dogs over ten are diagnosed with cancer, along with one in four dogs will die from the disease known as cancer. ... Hopefully, everyone can "beat" cancer and death rates from cancer will go down every year not go up every year. ...
Nixon declared the "War on Cancer." ... While scientists' understanding of the biology of cancer has greatly expanded, cancer incidence and mortality rates of the majority of the cancers have continued to climb. ... But these are rare cancers. ... (Advances in Cancer Research) Death rates for some of the more common cancers, like stomach cancer, lung cancer in white, middle-aged men and colorectal cancer, have declined. ... Nixon, you can cure cancer." ...
