About Cancer

Whether it's cancer?

Cancer is a disease resulting from abnormal growth of the cells of the body's tissuesare turns into cancer cells. In the process, these cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body that can lead to death.

Cancer is often known by the community as the tumor, whereas not all tumors are cancerous. The tumor is any abnormal lumps or abnormal. Tumors are divided intotwo groups, namely the benign tumor and malignant tumor. Cancer is a generic term for all types of malignant tumor

Cancer can afflict everyone, in every part of the body, and the priesthood on all age, but more often afflicts people over the age of 40.

Generally before widespread cancer or damage the surrounding tissue, the patientdoes not feel any complaints or symptoms. If there have been complaints orsymptoms, the disease usually have advanced.

There are 7 symptom that needs to be heeded and promptly sent further to see a doctor to make sure or no cancer, namely:

Time bowel movements or small changes are made to the habits or disorders.
Disturbed digestion and tools hard to swallow.
Hoarseness or a cough that does not heal
Breast or anywhere else there are lumps (tumours).
Moles which change their nature, become increasingly large and itch.
Blood or abnormal mucous out of the body
The existence of the ulcers or koreng does not want to heal.

Prevention

Most types of cancer can be prevented by a healthy lifestyle habits from a young ageand avoid cancer-causing factors.

Although the exact cause of cancer is not yet known, everybody can make prevention efforts with how to live a healthy life and avoid the causes of cancer:

About the food:

Reduce the fatty foods overload
More fibrous food.
Eating more vegetables and fruits, colored several times a day
More eat fresh food
Reduce foods that have been preserved or stored too long
Limit alcoholic drinks

Avoid yourself from diseases caused by sexual intercourse

Avoid the habit of smoking. For smokers: stop smoking.

A balanced life and strive to avoid stress

Check with your health periodically and regularly.

Factors that may increase the risk of cancer

Chemicals

Substances contained in cigarette smoke can cause different types of cancer insmokers and passive smokers (people not smokers who accidentally inhale thecigarette smoke of others) in a long period of time. Chemicals for industry as well asthe smoke that contains carbon compounds can increase the likelihood of anindustrial worker was suffering from cancer.

Excessive shines

Ultra violet rays from the Sun can cause skin cancer. Radio active rays, X rays or the rays of excessive radiation can cause skin cancer and leukemia.

Virus

Some types of viruses closely related to changes in normal cells into cancer cells. Thistype of virus called a virus cause cancer or viral onkogenik.

Hormones

Hormones are substances produced by the body that its function is to regulate the activities of body tools from a specific membrane. In some studies it is known that the granting of certain hormones in excess can cause an increase in the occurrence ofsome types of cancer such as breast, uterus, ovary and prostate (male sex glands).

Food

Substances or chemicals that are present in certain foods can cause the incidence ofcancer for example a long stored food and moldy can be contaminated by aflatoxin.Aflatoxin is a substance produced by the fungus Aspergillus Flavus that can increasethe risk of developing cancer of the liver.

Examination and treatment of cancer

For that there are suspicions, then checks that can be performed are:

Examination of cytologic and Anatomic Pathology
Harbinger of cancer tests in blood
X-rays
Mammography (breast x-rays for special)
Ultrasound-Ultrasound (photographing the body part in the tool)
Endoscopy (peneropongan body part in the tool)
Colposcopy (cervix peneropongan)
Laparoscopic (abdominal cavity peneropongan)
Body layers photo shoot with a CT Scan, an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

Cancer treatment consists of one or a combination of some of the following procedures:

Surgery (surgery)
Shines (Radio-therapy)
The use of medicines and cancer cell killer (sitostatica/chemotherapy)
Improved body durability (immunotherapy)
Treatment with hormones
Organ transplant.
Stem Cell
Results of treatment depends mainly on the stage or stages of cancer

Types of cancer

Cancer of the cervix (cervical cancer)
Breast cancer
Malignant Trofoblas disease
Skin cancer
Cancer of the nasopharynx
Mesothelioma (Lung cancer)
Liver cancer
Cancer of the lymph nodes (Lymphoma Malignum)
Colon cancer
Blood cancer (Leukemia)