ABC of Cancer

Cancer is multifaceted with over 100 kinds of cancer. Cancer occurs in any organ in the human body, starting from the brain to toe. Cancer is the abnormal and uncontrolled growth of the cells that results in illness of our body. These cells are basically the minute units that frame up the living things, and we humans have over 10 trillion of such cells!

Symptoms of cancer: Generally cancer doesn't have any symptoms or signs in the beginning of the disease. However, there are some common symptoms such as:

Persistent cough: This could be symptoms of cancer in lung, head or in neck. Anyone with a continuous cough more than a month or with blood in the mucus that is coughed should seek immediate medical attention.

Irregular bowel movements: People with cancer sometime have continuous diarrhea or constipation. Hence the bowl movement is very irregular.

Blood in stools: Hemorrhoids often causes rectal bleeding, and hemorrhoids are very common and they may exist with cancer.

Anemia: It is a condition resulting in less number of red blood cells in the blood.

Lumps or swollen glands: Lumps may signify cancer or an enlarged lymph gland. Sometimes these lumps can be non-cancerous also.

Apart from this there are other common symptoms such as sores that don't heal, headaches, back pain, pelvic pain, bloating and digestive disorders.

Treatment for cancer:

Chemotherapy: Chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer drugs or medicines. This is administered in the form of injection, pill, IV or as an applied on the skin.

Surgery: This is usually the first preference by the physicians. However, this is not helpful if the cancer has already spread. A surgery is done to remove the tumors or masses.

Radiation Therapy: Radiation therapy is used for certain energy to destroy cancer cells and shrink the size of tumors.

Immunotherapy/Biological Response Modifiers: Immune therapy, which is also called Biological Response Modifiers, which is a treatment that uses our body's own defense mechanism to fight cancer.

Facts on cancer:

Cancer is the second most common cause of death after heart disease. From 58 million deaths worldwide in 2005, cancer accounts for 7.6 million (or 13%) of all deaths.

Cancer is curable if detected in early stage. Even though some cancers develop completely with no symptoms, hence the disease can be fatal if the symptoms are ignored.

Deaths due to cancers across the globe are expected to rise, with an estimate of 9million people dying from cancer in 2015.

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