Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
What is Cancer?
Cancer is a common name for disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.
How does cancer start
The specific reason cancer starts vary greatly from individual to individual as well as between the different types of cancers. However scientific studies have proven that serval factors to trigger or accelerate cancer such as extensive use of tobacco or alcohol, inappropriate exposure to radiation or to toxic substances such as abestos, and even certain viruses.
Is Cancer contagious disease
Studies have not shown cancer to be contagious although certain cancers to seem to run in families such as breast cancer.
Is it possible to prevent cancer
While there are no certain ways to prevent cancer, studies have proven that people with healthy diets and lifestyles are less likely to get cancer than those who do not.
What are the early warning signs of cancer?
Cancer often masks itself with many different symptoms which are common of much lesser ailments. Unfortuntely sometimes cancer shows no obvious symptoms as all. These warning signs should be checked out by a doctor.
- a sore or ulcer that doesn't heal
- unusual bleeding
- an unusual thickening of lump
- change in a wart of mole
- any persistent pain, fever, or physical limitation
Key Terminology
- Benign
- First definition
- biopsy
- a smal sample of tissue
- cancer
- a disease where cells grow abnormally
- carcinogenesis
- the process of normal cell becoming malignant cells
- Cure
- the disappearnce of a disease
- malignant
- cancerous cells
- metastasis
- spread of cancer cells from primary area to a distant site
- oncology
- sutdy of cancer