Surgery has changed people's life with cancer and some have ruined it. |
Should
More People Be Aware Of Cancer?
Cancer
is very common in the United States. 23,678,000 million people have cancer in
the United States and that was in 2008 and that was some cancers not all.
Imagine it now, 2012, lots of more people have cancer and many have survived
this deadly disease. Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal (not normal,
rare) cells in the body. These cells are called cancerous cells or malignant
cells.
Researchers
believe that cancer appears to occur when the growth of cells in the body is
out of control and cells divide too quickly. It also can happen when cells
forget how to die.
There
are many kinds of cancers that can develop in almost any organ or tissue. There
can be cancer in your lungs, skin, bones, and so much more.
The
most common cause of cancer-related death is lung cancer. Lung cancer, breast
cancer, and colon cancer are most common in women. Prostate cancer, lung
cancer, and colon cancer are most common in men. Though there are still many
more kinds of cancers like brain, cervical, kidney, liver and skin cancer that
still affect people.
Causes
of many cancers still remain unknown. However, like dangerous chemicals,
drinking excess alcohol, environmental toxins, excessive sunlight exposure,
genetic problems, obesity, radiation, and viruses can easily give you some type
of cancer.
In
different parts of the world some cancers can be more common where they are and
in another place it could be extremely rare. For example, in Japan, stomach
cancer is actually very common and here in the United States it’s rare.
Researchers think that diet plays a role in this in other the type of food.
Symptoms
are different; it depends on where the cancer is. Lung cancer causes
coughing, shortness of breath, or chest pain. You wouldn’t have these
symptoms for every cancer just for lung cancer.
Some
cancers don’t even have any symptoms, like pancreatic cancer (cancer in the
pancreas) does not have any symptoms until the cancer has gotten to advance
stage.
In
most cancers they have symptoms like chills, fatigue, fever, loss of appetite,
malaise, night sweats, and weight loss.
Radiation is a painless treatment. To many it has help but some not really. |
Treatment
varies based on its stage and type of cancer. If the cancer has not spread to
any part of the body and has stayed in the location it started the would likely
do surgery to cure the cancer. They often use surgery for skin cancers as well
as lung, breast, and colon cancer. If the cancer did spread to any other parts
of the body and surgery could not remove all of the cancer then the treatment
they would use would be radiation ,chemotherapy or both. Some cancers require
all 3, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.
Some
cancers can be cured. You could have cancer and still be alive for many years.
But some can be quickly life threatening.
Things
can get complicated with cancer. The cancer may spread to the rest of the body
and could be harder to cure.
To
prevent cancer there are many things you can do. Eating a healthy diet,
exercising regularly, limiting alcohol, maintaining a healthy weight, don’t
expose yourself to radiation, no smoking, don’t chew tobacco and reducing sun
exposure. These things can save your life, reduce the chance of getting cancer.
“I
think that kids have more chance of having cancer because they are younger and
have not developed” states student Dulce Sanabria. “ I think that both kids and
adults have an equal amount of cancer because cancer can be unexpected” says
Robin Lee. Cancer is found in more in adults and rare if its found in children.
“Yes I do think that cancers that do not have a cure will have a cure in the
furture because specialist and researchers are looking for a cure” explains
Robin Lee. “ There is probably going to be a cure because the rate of technology
and medicine it will be easier for researchers and specialist.
To
help and support people who can’t afford treatment and help researchers find a
cure for cancer donate money to your nearest foundation and save a
person’s life.
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By: Liset
Morales
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