WHAT IS CANCER?
Cancer is a disease in which cells multiply without control, destroying healthy tissue and endangering life. Cancer strikes people of all ages. This disease can attack any part of the body.
In many cases, cancer can be prevented if a known agent is avoided or eliminated. The elimination of cigarette smoking, for example, would prevent most cases of lung cancer.
Without proper treatment, all cancers are fatal. Today about a third of all persons treated for cancer recover completely or live much longer that they would have lived without treatment.
CANCER DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS
Early detection greatly increases the chances of a cure. Unfortunately in many cases the doctor is consulted only after the disease is far advanced. For this reason, the Cancer Related Check-ups are VERY important.
TREATMENT
Three main methods to treat cancer patients are:
In many cases, treatment consists of two or all three of these methods, a procedure called combination therapy
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