LET'S TALK ABOUT THE

CANCER
WHAT IS CANCER?
WE ARE ALL MADE UP OF BILLIONS OF CELLS THAT
THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES GROW AND REPRODUCE
AS APPROPRIATE. WHEN A CELL HAS SOME
ABNORMALITY OR HAS AGED, THE CELL GENERALLY
PERISHES (DIES). CANCER ARISES WHEN SOMETHING
GOES WRONG IN THIS PROCESS, CAUSING
ABNORMAL CELLS TO REPRODUCE AND OLD CELLS
NOT DYING AS THEY SHOULD. AS CANCER CELLS
REPRODUCE UNCONTROLLABLY, THEY CAN
EVENTUALLY OUTNUMBER HEALTHY CELLS. THIS
MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THE BODY TO FUNCION THE
WAY IT SHOULD.

FOR MANY PEOPLE, THE RESULTS CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN

UNDERGOING CANCER TREATMENTS. IN FACT, NOW MORE THAN
EVER, MORE PEOPLE ARE LIVING FULL LIVES AFTER RECEIVING THEIR
CANCER TREATMENT.
CANCER IS A DISEASE THAT OCCURS WHEN CHANGES THAT OCCUR
IN A GROUP OF NORMAL CELLS IN THE BODY GENERATE ABNORMAL
AND UNCONTROLLED GROWTH THAT GIVES RISE TO A LUMP CALLED A
TUMOR; THIS OCCURS WITH ALL CANCERS, EXCEPT LEUKEMIA (BLOOD
CANCER).
IF LEFT UNTREATED, TUMORS CAN GROW AND SPREAD TO
SURROUNDING NORMAL TISSUE OR TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY
THROUGH THE BLOODSTREAM AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND CAN
AFFECT THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM, OR RELEASE HORMONES THAT PERHAPS THEY
AFFECT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY.

WHAT PROBLEMS
ARE CAUSED?
CAUSES CANCER IS CAUSED BY
CHANGES (MUTATIONS) IN THE
DNA INSIDE CELLS. THE DNA IN A
CELL IS CONTAINED WITHIN A
LARGE NUMBER OF GENES,
EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS A
SET OF INSTRUCTIONS THAT
TELLS THE CELL WHAT
FUNCTIONS TO PERFORM, AND
HOW TO GROW AND DIVIDE.
ERRORS IN THE INSTRUCTIONS
CAN CAUSE THE CELL TO STOP
ITS NORMAL FUNCTION AND
BECOME A CANCER CELL.
SYMPTOMS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY CANCER
VARY DEPENDING ON THE PART OF THE BODY AFFECTED.
SOME GENERAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH
CANCER, BUT NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS DISEASE, ARE THE
FOLLOWING: FATIGUE LUMP OR AREA OF ​THICKENING THAT
CAN BE FELT UNDER THE SKIN WEIGHT CHANGES, SUCH AS
UNINTENTIONAL WEIGHT GAINS OR LOSSES SKIN CHANGES,
SUCH AS YELLOWING, DARKENING OR REDNESS OF THE SKIN,
SORES THAT DO NOT HEAL, OR CHANGES TO EXISTING
MOLES CHANGES IN BLADDER OR BOWEL HABITS PERSISTENT
COUGH OR DIFFICULTY BREATHING DIFFICULTY TO
SWALLOW HOARSENESS PERSISTENT INDIGESTION OR
DISCOMFORT AFTER EATING PERSISTENT MUSCLE OR JOINT
PAIN, WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE FEVER OR PERSISTENT
NIGHT SWEATS, WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE UNEXPLAINED
BLEEDING OR BRUISING

SUGGESTIONS
1.YOU SHOULD NOT CONSUME TOBACCO OR ALCOHOL.
2.YOU SHOULD GET REGULAR CANCER SCREENINGS.
3.YOU SHOULD MAINTAIN A HEALTHY WEIGHT.
4.YOU SHOULD DO PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
5.YOU SHOULDN'T EXPOSE YOURSELF TO THE SUN TOO MUCH WITHOUT THE USE OF
SUNSCREEN.
6.YOU SHOULD INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING HEREDITARY CANCER IN
ORDER TO PREVENT IT.
7.YOU SHOULD GET THE HUMAN PAPILLOMA VACCINE (HPV) BECAUSE IT HELPS
PREVENT SEVERAL TYPES OF CANCER.
8.YOU SHOULDN'T EXPOSE YOURSELF TO EXCESSIVE DOSES OF RADIATION.
9.YOU SHOULD EAT A HEALTHY AND VARIED DIET.
10. YOU SHOULD SELF-EXAMINE YOUR BODY TO LOOK FOR ANY ABNORMAL LUMPS.