Cancer

Cancer means, in body, abnormal-cell’s growth which cannot be controlled. We can call also Cancerous-cells as malignant-cells.

Cancer is classified according to following five groups:

• Carcinomas – Is distinguished by those cells which cover external and internal body parts like lung, colon and breast cancer.
• Sarcomas – Is comprised of those cells which are situated in cartilage, bone, fat, muscle, connective-tissue and various supportive-tissues.
• Lymphomas – It starts in tissues of immune-system and lymph-nodes.
• Leukemias – It starts in bone-marrow. It is accumulated often in bloodstream.
• Adenomas – It originates in thyroid, pituitary-gland, adrenal-gland, as well as in various other tissues of gland.

Cancers of common type found in a man residing in U.S. are:

• Prostrate-cancer.
• Lung-cancer.
• Colon-cancer.

Cancers of common type found in a woman living in U.S. are:

• Breast-cancer.
• Lung-cancer.
• Colon-cancer.

Cancer is of various types which are:

• Brain-cancer.
• Cervical-cancer.
• Kidney-cancer
• Cancer in liver.
• Leukemia.
• Cancer of skin.
• Ovarian-cancer.
• Testicular-cancer.
• Uterine-cancer.

Cancer’s symptom depends upon location and type of cancer. Like cancer of lung can result in coughing, pain in chest and breath’s shortness. The colon-cancer results in constipation and diarrhea. Few type of cancer does not show any type of symptoms. Like in pancreatic-cancer, there are no symptoms visible till disease is found to have reached the last stage. Here are few symptoms which has the possibility of occurrence during few types of cancer:

• Chills.
• Fever.
• Fatigue.
• Appetite’s loss.
• Malaise.
• Loss of weight.
• Sweats during night.

We can follow following measures in order to prevent getting cancerous tumor:

• Eating healthy food.
• Regularly exercising.
• Limiting intake of alcohol.
• Minimizing toxic-chemicals and radiation exposure.
• Maintaining healthy body weight.
• Reducing chewing of tobacco and smoking.
• Reducing exposures to sun.

Questions:

• Define cancer and its types.
• What are the symptoms and ways of preventing cancer?