CANCER

THE WORD CANCER FEAR DEATH PAIN SUFFERING LOSS ECONOMIC LOSS DISFIGUREMENT WHAT’S THE FUTURE

WHAT CANCER LOOKS LIKE

CANCER CELLS

What’s cancer? CANCER IS NOT JUST ONE DISEASE , BUT a BROAD GROUP OF DISEASES INVOLVING UNREGULATED CELL GROWTH. MEDICALLY KNOWN AS MALIGNANT NEOPLASM ALL CANCER IS GENETIC, TRIGGERED BY ALTERED GENES. MOST CANCERS COME FROM RANDOM MUTATIONS THAT DEVELOP DURING ONES

WHAT CAUSES CANCER

CAUSED BY RANDOM MUTATIONS THAT DEVELOP IN THE BODY DURING ONE’S LIFETIME- EITHER BY A MISTAKE WHEN CELLS ARE GOING THROUGH CELL DIVISION OR AS A RESPONSE TO INJURIES FROM ENVIONMENTAL AGENTS SUCH AS CHEMICALS OR RADIATION.

CAUSES OF CANCER 90-95 % ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS - 25-30 % TOBACCO ( contains over 50 known carcinogens) - 30-35% OBESITY - 15-20 % RADIATION, STRESS, LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS 5-10% GENETIC

SYMPTOMSDEPEND ON TYPE OF CANCER- COMMON CHILLS FATIGUE LOSS OF APPETITE FEVER NIGHT SWEATS WEIGHT LOSS

DIAGNOSIS BIOPSY IF TUMOR BLOOD TESTS CHEST X-RAY CT SCAN MRI SCAN BONE MARROW BIOPSY ( LEUKEMIA , LYMPHOMA)

TREATMENTS SURGICAL ( IF TUMOR IS LOCALIZED) RADIATION ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS- DRUGS THAT INHIBIT THE FORMATION OF BLOOD VESSELS THAT FEED THE TUMOR. BIOLOGICAL THERAPY- USE OF COMPONENTS OF THE BODIES IMMUNE SYSTEM TO KILL THE CANCER CELLS- LIKE T CELLS, MACROPHAGES GENE THERAPY BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT