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Cancer- A disease caused by
uncontrolled division of cells in a part
of the organisms body.
There's over 100 types of cancer
known to man today.
Cancer:
Gene Mutation- A change in the
order of the nitrogen bases used to
make amino acids: Adenine,
thymine, guanine and cytosine.
Gene Mutation:
There a three types of gene mutations: positive, negative, and neutral.
A positive mutation is something that can benefit the carriers body. Eg. One is where your body has high bone density.( stops
A neutral mutations a something that changes your body but doesn't affect you in either a good way or bad.
A negative mutation is something that affects your body in bad ways. Eg. Smith Lemli-Opits-syndrome. ( learning ,growth and phys
Common Methods of TreatmentWe use a wide variety
of treatments for
cancer.
Such as:
• Surgery
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation Therapy
• Targeted Therapy
• Immunotherapy
• And more
Surgery: Surgery can help prevent, diagnose and treat cancer by surgically removing the cancer cell.
Chemotherapy: Medicines, and drugs to treat cancer.
Radiation Therapy:In this method, radiation is used to destroy or damage the cancer cells
Targeted Therapy: Uses substances and drugs to identify and kill of the breeding cancer cells.
Immunotherapy: Uses your immune system to find and treat cancer cells.
Cells will always duplicate themselves, unless there is something wrong with them.
Healthy cells
multiply to suit
the body's needs
such as
exercise.
Cancer cells, don't listen to the chemical messages that tell them to stop dividing themselves. This causes a never ending growth of bad cells that could go into your bloodstream then distribute to rest of your body
Colon Cancer
Colon cancer, is when
that overgrowth in cell
occurs in you large
intestine.
This particular cancer
may be called other
names as well:
colorectal cancer,
rectal cancer, or
bowel cancer. Diagram of the
gastrointestinal tract
Risk Factors
The risks of getting this type of cancer include:
• Age
• Diet
• Obesity
• Smoking
• Lack of physical health
• Drinking alcohol
• Eating processed, and red meat
• Personal history of colon polyps ( small
bulging areas of tissue)
Symptoms
Symptoms of colon cancer list as followed:
• Bowel habits change - diarrhea,
constipation
• Blood in your rectal waste
• Stomach pains- gas, cramps and pains
emitting from your coming from your
stomach area.
• Tiredness, unexpected weight loss
Treatment
For those unfortunate enough to get colon
cancer should know that there a few options
for getting rid of the cancer cells
Colon cancer can be treated by:
• Surgery
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation
...
Prevention
Simply changing your lifestyle a bit can help
prevent the risk of getting colon cancer.
If you eat a bit more fruits, vegetables, whole grains
and fibres. That can help with the prevention of
colon cancer.
Smoking, drinking and no exercise are some things
that don't help the prevention for colon cancer.
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