Cancer, or Cancer: is the name of a wide range of diseases that may affect any area of the body, which are able to expand and spread throughout.
Cancer is an abnormal growth of most cells in the body. These cells divide and penetrate the tissues and destroy the healthy ones. These cells may move to distant tissues. This is known as the dissociative and destructive science of these cells. There may be limited cell division, and it does not have the destructive and transitional capacity of other cells and tissues, known as benign tumors. However, the benign tumor may sometimes turn into a malignancy.
Scientists and doctors attributed the incidence of cancer to several factors and reasons, including:
- Change and deviation of genetic material, which may be caused by smoking, exposure to radiation, or chemicals, and this change may be transmitted to the person by the genetics factor.
- Damage to the DNA chain in cells, which causes abnormal cell loss.
Cancer is a serious and deadly disease in many cases, but with the development of medicine and therapeutic means have increased the chances of healing much of the disease, and affects the disease both males and females at different stages of age, and even fetuses and infants may be infected by this malignant disease, only That the incidence of this disease increases as people age, according to some experts.
Common symptoms are gala between all types of cancers:
- The appearance of an abnormal lump or tumor in one area of the body.
- Inflammation in some lymph nodes, and enlargement of some organs, such as the liver.
- High body temperature.
- Fatigue and tiredness.
- Low weight.
Doctors confirm that early diagnosis of cancer gives greater hope of healing, as early diagnosis can doctors to cure the disease before its spread and ramifications. The disease is diagnosed through many tests on the patient, such as laboratory tests for blood, biopsy, and imaging.
The disease is treated in several ways, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stem cell transplantation, and surgery.
A person can protect himself from the disease by following many things, including: Quitting smoking and taking off, avoiding drinking alcohol, caring for healthy food, maintaining the ideal weight, reducing exposure to the sun, and avoiding exposure to chemicals and petroleum, such as gasoline Which is one of the main causes of leukemia.