HOW CANCER CELLS WORK A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating. And there is good reason for this fear -- Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States next to heart disease‚ and will claim more than half a million lives this year. Cancer also known as a malignant tumor or malignant neoplasm‚ is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Not all tumors are cancerous;benign tumors do not spread to other
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Cancer can sound extremely bad if we aren’t well informed about the topic‚ but is cancer really bad as is sounds? Cancer can also be meaning to tumors in your body‚ with Cancer there’s no giving place where cancer starts exactly at‚ cancer can start almost anywhere in the body (1). What is cancer exactly? Cancer is the division and growth of cells surrounding the tissues. (1). With this type of disease what happens to the body is the lack of energy through the day‚ although cancer isn’t painful
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Author: Prachi Gera All you need to know about oral cancer Meta Description: Oral cancer incidence is on a rise with many new cases coming to light each year. The lifestyle changes and use of cigarettes and alcohol in our lives have unwittingly put us at further risk of having this disease. Keywords: Oral cancer‚ mouth cancer‚ tobacco smoke‚ prevention‚ treatment cancer‚ symptoms oral cancer‚ risk factors Intro Text: Knowledge about the disease is the first step towards its prevention. Understanding
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awareness of cancer. Cancer is the number two most threatening disease that is killing our people. It is very important for our people to know this disease and come up with a resolution on defeating this disease once and for all. There has to be a cure on cancer. The more we know the more greater chance that there is a cure. In the U. S. National Cancer institutes Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database for 2006 said that the estimates show in all invasive cancer the total
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SMOKELESS TOBACCO AND ORAL CANCER Smokeless Tobacco and Oral Cancer Diana Candamo DEH2400 Oral Pathology September 22‚ 2011 Broward College Smokeless Tobacco and Oral Cancer Like cigarettes‚ smokeless tobacco products contain a variety of toxins associated with cancer (The American Dental Association‚ 2011). Smokeless tobacco is not burned‚ but it is chewed and is also known as chewing tobacco‚ oral tobacco‚ spit or spitting tobacco‚ dip‚ chew‚ and snuff (National Cancer Institute at the National
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Rectal cancer is the most common cancer experienced by either men or women. It happens in individuals regardless of age. It is only next to breast cancer in terms of frequency. Based on my research and observation‚ hereditary factors plays a part in being afflicted with the disease. The rectum is the lower part of the colon that connects the large bowel to the anus.Rectal cancer forms inside the large intestine‚ which is approximately five and a half feet long. The first five feet of the large intestine
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Cancer is a group of diseases that involve an abnormal increase in the number of cells‚ with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Throat cancer happens when the cells within the organs used for breathing‚ swallowing‚ and speaking begin to divide quickly and usual. These cells divide uncontrollably and invade other tissues. Not all tumors are cancerous‚ benign tumors are not classified as being cancer due to them not spreading to other parts in the body. Cancers are usually
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A Contents What is Cancer? 3 Eye Cancer 4 Intraocular Melanoma 4 Symptoms 4 Diagnoses 4 Causes 4 Treatment 5 Patients Story 5 Retinoblastoma 7 Symptoms 7 Diagnoses 7 Causes 7 Treatment 7 Patient Story 7 Preventions 9 Bibliography 10 EYE CANCER What is Cancer? Cancer is a disease that has to do with cells. Cancer begins when these cells begin to grow abnormally and they spread very quickly. Unlike normal cells Cancer cells continue to grow and they do not stop
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Breast Cancer at the Cellular Level There are many different diseases that terrorize the human race every day. Of all of these sicknesses‚ one of the most devastating is breast cancer. Breast cancer touches all types of people all over the world each day. It is actually the second most common cancer amongst women in the United States. One in every eight women in the United States has some form of breast cancer and currently‚ the death rates are higher than any other cancer with the exception
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help of marijuana. A few of these illnesses include: glaucoma‚ cancer AND epileptic seizures. As for glaucoma‚ research has shown that the drug HAVE been proven to treat AND prevent this eye disease‚ which is caused by the increase of pressure IN the eye ball‚ damaging the optic nerve and thus results in a loss of vision. Who would want to lose their sight? No one! Hence you just smoke weed and you’ll be good to go! Cancer – Cancer is a malignant growth or tumor‚ resulting from the division of abnormal
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