Facts about cancer
Welcome to Cancer Facts, your one stop cancer website for information about all types of cancer. We have collected a wealth of information from qualified MD’s and medical professionals on the web to share with you. Whether its information about cancer symptoms and cancer signs, cancer treatment, cancer facts, general forms of cancer, we provide informative articles covering all this aspects.
What is Cancer?
Cancer disease is the general collection of diseases that are caused by abnormal, uncontrolled growth, metastasis, or invasion in a a group of cells.
Most Common Cancer?
The most common cancer disease in individuals are reported by the American Cancer Society (ACS). The most common cancer forms were determined based on the highest number of occurrences from the ACS statistical data. Here is a list of the 10 most common types of cancer followed by the number of new incidences reported so far in 2012:
- Bladder Cancer
- Breast Cancer (Both Male & Female)
- Colon and Rectal Cancer (Combined)
- Endometrial Cancer
- Kidney Cancer (Renal Cancer)
- Leukemia
- Lung Cancer (Bronchus Included)
- Skin Cancer
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Pancreatic Cancer
Available Cancer Treatments
Typical cancer treatments consist of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone therapy, biological therapy, cancer drugs, and bisphosphonates to name a few. Chemotherapy is few of the most commonly used cancer treatment and the phrase chemotherapy literally stands for ‘cancer drug treatment’. The terms simply means treatment by way of cell killing drugs (also known as cytotoxic drugs).
Treatment of cancer on initial stages much more effective than on final stages.
4-Feb of every year is world cancer day, please tell your friends about this disease in this day.
Lowering risks guide added : How to lower brain cancer risks and breast cancer awareness guide (explanation of awareness ribbons and symbols).
By Leo