The most devastating disease of the 21st Century, it affects more than half a million Americans every year. It is second most common cause of death 1 in every 4 die of this disease. Cancer is the abnormal division of cells, it can spread to other body parts via lymph and blood tissues.
There are many types of cancers, most common are:
* Breast
* Colon
* Prostate
* Sinew
* Parotid
* Bladder
* Kidney
* Lung
* Eye
* Brain
* Ear
* Stomach
* Cervical
* Bone
The disease can be categorized, into five broad categories,
* Carcinoma:
The cancer begins in the skin and spreads to the internal organs.
* Sarcoma :
The cancer begins in the muscles, bone, tissues, fat, blood vessels
* Leukaemia :
The cancer that starts in the bone marrow, and large number of abnormal cells to be produced and enter the blood
* Lymphoma and Myeloma : The cancer affects the immune system i.e. (immunoglobulins decrease)
* Central Nervous System Cancer :
The cancer that begins in the brain and spinal cord, Many forms of treatment, are used in this disease. People use many types of treatment e.g. chemotherapy, radiation, hot spas, hydrotherapy.
Alternative treatment suggestions will be given, in the future.