CANCER

Cancer is a condition which is characterized by abnormal growth of a normal tissue which invade healthy cells in the body.

cancer is a name that become a matter of  worry day by day.People all around  the world are now  suffering for cancer. first a doctor have to know that in which stage is now the cancer is.

What stage is the cancer?

The doctor needs to know if and how far the cancer has spread from where it started. This is called the cancer stage. You may have heard other people say that their cancer was stage 1 or stage 2. Knowing the stage of the cancer helps the doctor decide what type of treatment is best.

For each type of cancer there are tests that can be done to figure out the stage of the cancer. As a rule, a lower stage (such as a stage 1 or 2) means that the cancer has not spread very much. A higher number (such as a stage 3 or 4) means it has spread more. Stage 4 is the highest stage.

Ask your doctor to explain the stage of your cancer and what it means for you

How is cancer treated?

the most common treatments for cancer are surgery,chemotherapy,and radiation.

Surgery can be used to take out the cancer. The doctor might also take out some or all of the body part the cancer affects. For breast cancer, part (or all) of the breast might be removed. For prostate cancer, the prostate gland might be taken out. Surgery is not used for all types of cancer. For example, blood cancers like leukemia are best treated with drugs.

Chemo (short for chemotherapy) is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells or slow their growth. Some chemo can be given by IV (into a vein through a needle), and others are a pill you swallow. Because chemo drugs travel to nearly all parts of the body, they are useful for cancer that has spread.

Radiation is also used to kill or slow the growth of cancer cells. It can be used alone or with surgery or chemo. Radiation treatment is like getting an x-ray. Sometimes it’s given by putting a “seed” inside the cancer to give off the radiation.

Cancer words you may hear

These are words that you may hear your cancer care team use.

Benign : a tumor that’s not cancer

Biopsy: taking out a piece of tissue to see if cancer cells are in it

Cancer: a word used to describe more than 100 diseases in which cells grow out of control; or a tumor with cancer in it

Chemotherapy: the use of drugs to treat disease. The word most often refers to drugs used to treat cancer. Sometimes it’s just called “chemo.”

Malignant: having cancer in it

Metastasis/Metastasized: the spread of cancer cells to distant parts of the body through the lymph system or bloodstream

Oncologist: a doctor who treats people who have cancer

Radiation therapy: the use of high-energy rays, like x-rays, to treat cancer

Remission: when signs or symptoms of cancer are all or partly gone

Stage: a word that tells whether a cancer has spread, and if so, how far

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