Cancer Facts

Cancer facts are critical because they help in creating awareness about the disease. One fact about cancer is that if chemotherapy causes one to lose hair, the person is likely to lose all his or her body hair and this explains why some patients on chemotherapy have drippy noses.

Certainly if cancer metastasizes or spreads from the organ of origin to another body part, it does not become a second cancer. If for instance lung cancer spreads to a person's breast, the cancer within the breast is not breast cancer but it is lung cancer and is therefore treated with lung cancer drugs.

Another of the many cancer facts is that there are over 200 different types of cancer and they all vary in terms of prognosis. Certainly lung cancer kills more men than breast cancer. Sometimes chemotherapy and or radiation therapy are given before surgery for certain types of cancer. Reducing or shrinking the tumor may reduce the scope of surgery required. Breast and rectal cancers can be treated be treated in this manner

When it comes to cancer treatment, most people think of only surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. There are however other types of therapy for example hormone therapy which is equally effective in the treatment of various types of breast and prostate cancers. It is also a fact that fatigue is almost a universal side effect of cancer treatment. Another of the cancer facts is that making the transition back to normal after treatment is often surprisingly difficult and slow.

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Mercy Maranga Reports on Health and Fitness issues. Visit Her Site here for more information on cancer and its treatment Cancer