Almost everyone on the planet will know someone who has died from cancer but the cure will come, it is just a matter of time. The cure will come eventually and the world will rejoice that this awful disease that can strike anyone at any time, has been been silenced. The causes for cancer seem to be many but despite all the knowledge we gain, it is still almost impossible to know if or when a person will contract it.
Could it be true that we are all born with it? This is a disease where unhealthy cells grow, divide and then expand into other cells, often transferring to parts of the body using a method called metastasis.
In rare circumstances a benign tumor may turn malignant. It causes more deaths per population than any other illness, a staggering thirteen percent and the older you get the more prone you are to contracting the disease. Nearly all cancers are caused by abnormalities in the genetic material of the transformed cells.
For some people the problem lies not with any form of external poison although faults with their parents DNA or genetic makeup can result in a person being born with the diseased cells. It is still not fully understood why one person will contract the disease and another be free from it but it is believed that the interactions between any carcinogens and each person’s particular DNA is complicated.
More knowledge is being acquired about cancer each year. We are continually trying to find out why this disease attacks some and not others. After all we all want to know more about why we contract cancer and how to avoid it.
One of the major causes surrounds food and dietary habits. A high calcium intake could possibly be responsible for cases of prostrate cancer in men.
Cancer does not have any prejudice when it comes to invading a person’s body as it can strike anywhere. However, mortality rates from cancer are decreasing and although a cure may not be possible, there are treatments available to slow its spread. For those people diagnosed with cancer, my heart goes out to them and their families.
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