Cancer - What's it all about

Cancer is a very debilitating disease. In simple terms, within certain organs in the body that are in regular use or hot demand metabolically cells begin to die spontaneously. These include and are not limited to the lung, heart, stomach, testicles, breasts and brain.

To start of with one cell within the organs gives up the ghost or spontaneously dies 'apoptosis' in response to a trigger of some sort. Sometimes the trigger is aided by a promoter such as Genetic predisposition where individuals inherit a mutation within a set of genes responsible for a particular organ from a relative who possesses the same.
Not all people with a mutation of this sort go on to develop cancer but many studies have shown that most do.

If the trigger factor remains present the cancer spreads with the dead cells usually congregating or coagulating into a lump known as a tumor .
The cancer could develop into a tumor which simply stops growing and remains dormant in activity but may cause other metabolic interferences.
It could also continue to grow until it engulfs and strangles the organ and its functionality,and or develop viral like capability spreading around the body and engulfing/infecting the primary immune system components such as lymph nodes leading to acute immunosuppression and or crumble into pieces which join the bloodstream and cause obstruction to blood vessels either cutting off blood supply and or leading progressively to blood pressure increases and fluctuations until eventually the organ and or the entire body can no longer function.

Treatment usually initially involves a biopsy to check the activity of the tumor ascertaining whether it is active or dormant and depending on results of this removing the tumor/organ and or initiating chemotherapy. Clinical monitors are usually put in place to ensure it does not return or become increasingly aggressive.

If during these monitors the cancer is found to be returning and or spreading and it is non responsive to chemotherapy it may cause the subject organ other organs in the body to shut down causing death or disability.

Cancer can be caused by poor diet, harsh environmental conditions, Exposure to stressful and distressing situations repeatedly, immunological changes and disease, hormonal changes and disease, toxins from food poisoning agents or other materials, general ill health, exposure to hazardous materials, chemicals, bio toxins, radioactivity and much more

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