One in two men and one in three women are diagnosed with cancer. But what is cancer we ask and ask cancer experts, but the answer was in the American Cancer Centers (CTCA) about how cancer develops, the most common forms, how to treat it, and how to manage the side effects of treatment. They also discuss what the future holds for cancer treatment.
How is cancer formed or what is cancer.
It starts from one cell and then divides into two and then into four and eight tissues. The organs form these divisions that occur for one cell up to a trillion cells by growth. With regard to the growth in the cell of cancer, it is not simple because the division is complex, some of which are individual, and some of them follow the surrounding cells, which reach up to one trillion cells. And things often get worse, the disease spreads, perhaps for weeks, days, years, or months until you may need to visit a doctor for that cancer causing tumor, either pain in the chest, stomach, bladder, prostate or colon.
How is cancer detected.
Cancer can be detected by a regular blood test when a large number of white blood cells is detected. Or a noticeable rise in liver enzymes, which prompts the doctor to tell the patient the bad news, which is the presence of cancer.
Hence, the treatment journey begins by searching for the location of the cancer and what are the stages of its progression. If the cancer is in its advanced stages, slow growing, rapidly spreading, or in one place, surgery may be the solution. But if the tumor is rapidly spreading and attacking the surrounding tissues, the doctor suggests radiotherapy or surgery, followed by radiation. But if the cancer has spread in the body, as is the case in leukemia, the doctor will suggest chemotherapy or a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The chemotherapy and radiotherapy depends in the method of treatment on the rupture of the DNA in the cells or the disruption of the mechanism of replication and cell division. But radiation or chemotherapy does not distinguish between cancer cells and others. It targets anything wherever it is dissolved, as the bloodstream carries chemicals to all parts of the body.
What happens if healthy cells become infected with these chemotherapy treatments for cancer.
Let's look at healthy liver cells, healthy hair cells, and those cancerous cells. Healthy liver cells divide only in case of stress, but hair cells divide more and more frequently, and cancer cells divide faster and more randomly. When chemotherapy is taken, it will attack those cells, and we remind that the treatment targets Specifically, cell division, that is, every time the cell divides, it is more exposed to chemotherapy. The faster the cell divides, the more chemotherapy can kill cancer.
Let's know hair cells divide quickly and do not pose a threat, but they are targeted. But there are other cells in the body that divide rapidly such as blood cells, skin and stomach.
What are the negative side effects of cancer treatments.
- hair loss
- Skin rash
- Nausea and vomiting
- Fatigue and weight loss
- And the pain.
This is logical because those cells are the most vulnerable and the most dividing in the end. It is due to the growth of cancer cells. Cancer is dangerous of its kind, wherever it is in the body. Cancer takes over the cell division mechanism and pushes these cells to raise the level of cell division to the maximum, and they divide greatly and random.
But with chemotherapy, this advantage is exploited and the hostile division of those cells is transformed, the main point of the cancer’s strength is transformed into its greatest weakness
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