Cancer

Cancer is a condition in which some cells in the body develop uncontrolled and spread to other regions of the body. Cancer may develop practically anyplace in the human body, which contains billions of cells. It is one of the leading causes of death in the US and hundreds of millions die due to it every year and there are dozens of different types. Cancer is continuously researched in hopes that a cure is found. This article will go over a brief overview over cancer and its possible treatments.

Overview of Tumors

Human cells normally develop and multiply (a process known as cell division) to generate new cells when the body requires them. Cells die as they get old or injured, and new cells replace them. When this ordered mechanism fails, aberrant or damaged cells grow and reproduce when they should not. These cells can combine to produce tumors, which are tissue masses. Tumors may or may not be malignant. Cancerous tumors infiltrate neighboring tissues and can move to distant locations in the body to produce new tumors (a process called metastasis). Many malignancies create solid tumors, while blood malignancies, such as leukemias, do not. Benign tumors do not penetrate or spread into surrounding tissues. When benign tumors are excised, they typically do not recur, although malignant ones occasionally do. However, benign tumors can grow to be extremely enormous at times. Some, such as benign brain tumors, can produce significant symptoms or be fatal.

Treatment/Limiting symptoms

There are dozens of different avenues and treatments depending on the type of cancer. The 4 most common are depicted below. The first common treatment is surgery. Surgery's purpose is to eliminate the cancer or as much of it as feasible. Another common treatment is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy employs the use of medications to destroy cancer cells. Radiation treatment uses radiation To destroy cancer cells, radiation treatment employs high-powered energy beams such as X-rays and protons. Radiation treatment can be delivered from a machine outside your body (external beam radiation) or from within your body (internal beam radiation) (brachytherapy). Transplantation of bone marrow, otherwise known as a A stem cell transplant, takes The stuff inside your bones that produces blood cells is known as bone marrow. A bone marrow transplant might employ either your own or donor cells. A bone marrow transplant allows for higher doses of chemotherapy.

Conclusion

In Conclusion, cancer is one of the most dangerous diseases of all time. It has killed millions and despite there being dozens of types and hundreds of experiments, no known cure has been found. Causes for cancer can range from exposure to radiation to consuming too many chemicals. This article was written to give a brief overview over cancer and talk about it’s devastating effect on the human race.