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 Look forward without cancer
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Cancer is rising
disease
throughout the world these days. This sickness has killed over 5
million people
out 9 million that have cancer. In Malaysia context, about 90
percent
of deaths are because of cancer. It clear shows that in Malaysia,
cancer is a serious health problem and needs immediate action taken.
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The occurrence is estimated about
150 cases out of 100,000 people. Whereas in the new calculation it is
estimated
about 27,000 case per year. Cancer in Malaysia will rise with the
change
in life style and environment, and also amount of population.
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 What
is Cancer?
Cancer develops
when cells in a
part of the body begin to grow out of control. Although there are many
kinds of cancer, they all start because of out-of-control growth of
abnormal cells.
Normal
body cells grow, divide, and die in an orderly fashion. During the
early years of a person's life, normal cells divide more rapidly until
the person becomes an adult. After that, cells in most parts of the
body divide only to replace worn-out or dying cells and to repair
injuries.
Because
cancer cells continue to grow and divide, they are different from
normal cells. Instead of dying, they outlive normal cells and continue
to form new abnormal cells.
Cancer
cells develop because of damage to DNA. This substance is in every cell
and directs all activities. Most of the time when DNA becomes damaged
the body is able to repair it. In cancer cells, the damaged DNA is not
repaired. People can inherit damaged DNA, which accounts for inherited
cancers. More often, though, a person's DNA becomes damaged by exposure
to something in the environment, like smoking.
Cancer
usually forms as a tumor. Some cancers, like leukemia, do not form
tumors. Instead, these cancer cells involve the blood and blood-forming
organs and circulate through other tissues where they grow.
Often,
cancer cells travel to other parts of the body where they begin to grow
and replace normal tissue. This process is called metastasis.
Regardless of where a cancer may spread, however, it is always named
for the place it began. For instance, breast cancer that spreads to the
liver is still called breast cancer, not liver cancer.
Not
all tumors are cancerous. Benign (noncancerous) tumors do not spread
(metastasize) to other parts of the body and, with very rare
exceptions, are not life threatening.
Different
types of cancer can behave very differently. For example, lung cancer
and breast cancer are very different diseases. They grow at different
rates and respond to different treatments. That is why people with
cancer need treatment that is aimed at their particular kind of cancer.
Cancer
is the second leading cause of death in the United States. Half of all
men and one third of all women in the United States will develop cancer
during their lifetimes. Today, millions of people are living with
cancer or have had cancer. The risk of developing most types of cancer
can be reduced by changes in a person's lifestyle, for example, by
quitting smoking and eating a better diet. The sooner a cancer is found
and treatment begins, the better are the chances for living for many
years.
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