Cancer - 9781944749859

The complexity of cancer symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment can be overwhelming to an individual diagnosed with the disease. This complexity is due in part to the fact that cancer is not one disease, but a set of diseases in which cells of the human body acquire the ability to divide and multiply in an uncontrolled way. For this reason, a cancer can be thought of as a cellular disease, driven by mutations in genes that regulate the function of those cells. In many cancers, these cells will form tumors, or masses of cancer cells that can increase in size over time, potentially impeding the functions of organs and tissues in the body. For this reason, cancer can also be considered a disease of organs, and usually cancers are named according to the organ where the cancer cells were originally located. When cancer cells are able to move through the body to new tissues, they become more dangerous to the patient. The cancer disease that results will differ depending on the type of cell that is dividing and the tissue that is invaded by the cancer. If left untreated, the growth of cancer cells that have invaded tissues of the body will impair organ function and cause death. Taken together, cancers represent a huge societal impact, taking lives and changing the lifestyles of countless individuals. Understanding cancer means both understanding the common underlying features common to most cancers and focusing on the details of specific types of cancers. This book focuses on four cancers that form solid tumors: skin, lung, breast, and prostate. In each case, the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prospects of each cancer are addressed in order to come to a better understanding of these devastating diseases.

• | Author: Mary Miller
• | Publisher: Momentum Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 16, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 92 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1944749853
• | ISBN-13: 9781944749859