Home » Health and Common Old Age Diseases » Chronic » Cancer A disease that has the ability to strike people of all ages , which does not even spare the fetuses , is Cancer. With the progression of age, the risk of getting affected by varieties of Cancer has become a common phenomenon. Generally Cancer is defined for diseases where the abnormal cells tend to divide without any control thus invading other tissues as well. The Cancer cells tend to spread in the other parts of the body through blood and lymph systems.

Cancer is not just a single disease but are many diseases. There exists more than 100 different Cancer types. The main categories of cancer includes:

• Carcinoma - cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues lining or covering internal organs.
• Leukemia – this type of cancer starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow and causes the entry of large numbers of abnormal blood cells in the blood.
• Sarcoma – this cancer begins in the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
• Lymphoma and myeloma – these type cancers generally begin in the cells of the immune system.
• Central nervous system – cancers begin in the brain tissues and the tissues of Spinal cord.

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• Coughing.
• Wheezing.
• Chest tightness.
• Shortness of breath
• Faster breathing or noisy breathing.
  Facts about Cancer:
  All forms of Cancer generally begin in the cells. A normal cell grows and divides in a controlled manner but when this orderly process is somehow affected, the genetic material (DNA) somehow gets damaged or transformed, this produces certain malfunctions thus attacking the normal cell growth and divisions. This leads to the formation of mass of tissue called tumor. Now all tumors are not cancerous; tumors can be benign or malignant. Benign tumors aren't cancerous and can be removed and do not repeat again, however Malignant tumors are cancerous. The cells in these tumors generally invades the surrounding tissues and spreads to other parts of the body. Most cancers have got their name from the organ or the type of cell they have originated from.
  
  Given below are some of the common Cancer Types:
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Endometrial Cancer
  • Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Lung Cancer
  • Melanoma
  • Skin Cancer (Nonmelanoma)
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Breast Cancer
  • Colon and Rectal Cancer
  • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer
  
  
  
  

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