Cancer -
Cancer is a broad category of disorders that can spread to other tissues and organs when aberrant cells divide rapidly.
Tumors may develop from these quickly expanding cells. They might also interfere with the body normal processes.
Causes of Cancer :
These outside factors, often known as carcinogens, may consist of:
1. ultraviolet (UV) light and radiation are examples of physical carcinogens.
2. chemical carcinogens such as alcohol, asbestos, cigarette smoke, air pollution, and tainted food and water
3. biological cancer-causing agents such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites
Risk elements -
Your chances of getting cancer may increase if you have certain risk factors. These risk elements may consist of:
- cigarette use
- high levels of alcohol use
- an absence of exercise
- pollution from the air exposure
- radioactive contamination
- exposure to UV radiation, such as sunshine, without protection
Various type of cancers -
Additionally, a number of clinical terms are employed for certain cancer types in general:
1. Carcinoma - A cancer known as a carcinoma is one that develops in the skin or the tissues surrounding other organs.
2. Sarcoma - Sarcoma is a type of cancer that affects connective tissues, including blood vessels, muscles, cartilage, and bones.
3. Leukaemia - A malignancy of the bone marrow, which produces blood cells, is leukaemia.
4. Lymphoma and myeloma- Immune system malignancies include lymphoma and myeloma.
Treatments of Cancer -
The most typical forms of therapy are:
1. Surgery
Surgery attempts to eradicate the malignancy in its entirety. In order to ensure that all cancer cells have been removed, surgery is frequently done in conjunction with another form of treatment.
2. Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is an aggressive method of cancer treatment that uses drugs that are harmful to cells to destroy cancer cells that are dividing quickly. It can be used to reduce the number of cells in your body or the size of a tumour, which lessens the chance that the disease will spread.
3. Radiation treatment
To kill cancer cells, radiation therapy employs strong, focused beams of radiation. External beam radiation refers to radiation therapy performed outside the body, whereas brachytherapy refers to radiation therapy performed inside the body.
