Sunday, November 30, 2008

A Look At The Symptoms Of Breast Cancer

By Gugu Martini

The cure for cancer is still some way off, but it is something that science expects say can possibly happen within the next few decades. This disease causes suffering everywhere it is found. Research over the years has helped our understanding of cancer but not to the point where we are able to foretell exactly when it will happen.

There are theories that we all have it and it just takes something to start it off, but what is cancer? They cross over to other cells and sites of the body continuing to grow and divide.

The difference between a cancerous tumor an a benign one is that malignant tumors continue to grow whereas benign ones limit their growth an many of us live comfortably with them during out lives without even knowing. As you get older the risk of cancer increases. While smoking, chemicals and radiation for instance, can be the cancer trigger, it is the poison from these or other sources that transform body cells and create genetic abnormalities which grow and multiply.

For some people the problem lies not with any form of external poison although faults with their parents DNA or genetic makeup can result in a person being born with the diseased cells. It would seem some people are more susceptible to it than others and it may be their genetic makeup and their exposure to certain carcinogens that is responsible.

Owing to the worldwide problem of cancer, it is regularly studied throughout the world and extending our knowledge on the subject. More information is being gathered about all illnesses and why some people are more prone to certain conditions. Ultimately, even if they don't find the cure for some time, this research may be able to tell us how to avoid contracting cancer in the first place.

Your regular diet could be putting you at long term risk from all kinds of diseases. In particular, excess calcium is believed to have a direct effect on the incidence of prostrate cancer amongst men around the world.

Cancer can affect any part of the body from the bones, blood, skin or organs. nowhere is safe from it. Cures for many types have advanced in recent years and are more likely to be successful if the cancer is found in its early stages. However, the consistent research is paying off and the life expectancy of cancer victims is increasing all the time.

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