What is Cancer?????
What is cancer? It is actually a group of more than one
hundred separate diseases. Most of us are fear from cancer It is reasonable
because next to heart disease, cancer is the second leading cause of death.
Cancer cells come from normal cells because of mutations of
DNA. Those mutations can occur spontaneously. The
mutations may be also induced by other factors such as: nuclear and electromagnetic radiation, viruses, bacteria and fungi, parasites, heat,
chemicals in the air, water and food, mechanical cell-level injury, free
radicals, evolution and ageing of DNA, etc. All such factors can produce
mutations that may start cancer.
Cancer cells are formed continuously in the organism. It is estimated that there are about 10,000 cancer cells at any given time in a healthy person.
Cancer cells are formed continuously in the organism. It is estimated that there are about 10,000 cancer cells at any given time in a healthy person.
Why do some result in macroscopic-level cancers and some do
not? First, not all damaged cells can multiply and many of them die quickly.
Second, those which potentially divide and form cancer are effectively
destroyed by the mechanisms available to the immune system. Therefore cancer
develops if the immune system is not working properly or the amount of cells
produced is too great for the immune system to eliminate.
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