Friday, May 8, 2009

Cancer: What You Should Also Know

By Amanda Gamdana

Do you remember the movie with Sean Connery, called 'The Medicine Man', where he played a scientist who found the cure for cancer? Think about that for a moment. While we do know about some of the causes of cancer, no-one can predict who, where or when it will be triggered.

First off it is a good idea to understand exactly what cancer is and try to ascertain whether it is hereditary or something you can acquire. This is what happens with a population of cells that increase in size by replication, similar to the amoeba.

They affect many people without them even knowing they are there. Fortunately, this is a disease which is not as prevalent in the young. While smoking, chemicals and radiation for instance, can be the cancer trigger, it is the poison from these or other sources that transform body cells and create genetic abnormalities which grow and multiply.

The cause can also be the responsibility of faulty DNA replication or a genetic trait inherited from parents which means a person can be born with them. It would seem that certain people's genetic makeup makes them less prone to contacting the illness even if they are allowing harmful carcinogens into their bodies.

Long term research has given a better picture of what cancer is and the study of cancer is one of the top ten diseases being researched throughout the world. We are continually trying to find out why this disease attacks some and not others. Ultimately, even if they don't find the cure for some time, this research may be able to tell us how to avoid contracting cancer in the first place.

It is now believed by many that the food we eat could be responsible for many cases. Calcium from dairy products is thought to be possible cause of prostrate cancer in males.

Cancer can affect any part of the body from the bones, blood, skin or organs. Nowhere is safe from it. The number of different types of cancer that can be treated has increased dramatically in recent years with so much intensive research being carried out. Although not it is not something anyone wants to be diagnosed with, cancer does not have to mean death these days, with the advances in medical treatment.

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