CANCER

      Cancer, also called malignancy, is an abnormal growth of cells. There are more than 100 types of cancer, including breast cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma. Symptoms vary depending on the type. Cancer treatment may include chemotherapy, radiation, and/or surgery.
  • What is Cancer?

Throughout our lives, healthy cells in our bodies divide and replace themselves in a controlled fashion. Cancer starts when a cell is somehow altered so that it multiplies out of control. A tumour is a mass composed of a cluster of such abnormal cells.

Most cancers form tumours, but not all tumours are cancerous. Cancers continue to grow and spread by direct extension or through a process called metastasis, whereby the malignant cells travel through the lymphatic or blood vessels eventually forming new tumours in other parts of the body.

  • Types of cancer-
  1. Bladder cancer
  2. Breast cancer
  3. Colorectal cancer
  4. kidney cancer
  5. Lung cancer
  6. Lymphoma
  7. Melanoma
  8. Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer
  9. Uterine Cancer
  10. Prostate Cancer
  11. Pancreatic Cancer
120 types of cancer and related hereditary syndromes. Each guide provides comprehensive, oncologist-approved information on Introduction, Medical Illustrations, Risk Factors, Prevention, Symptoms & Signs, Diagnosis, Stages, Types of Treatment, About Clinical Trials, Latest Research, Coping with Treatment, Follow-Up Care, Survivorship, Questions to Ask the Health Care Team, and Additional Resources. For more info follow this blog.

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