According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) “the number of new cancer cases will rise to 22 million within the next two decades” (U.S. Department of Health, 2015). Many children and adults are suffering with cancer. Families and friends need the resources and emotional support during this time. We can be a part of that change to make a difference in decreasing and preventing the chances of developing cancer by educating individuals on diet, physical activity, and smoking cessation. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the diagnosis and staging of cancer, the three complications of cancer, side effects of treatment, and methods to lessen physical and psychological effects.
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The commonly known aberrant or remote impacts of Cancer on the sensory system are the neurologic paraneoplastic disorders (Giglio, 2010). Cancer can likewise bring about a hypercoagulable state creating cerebrovascular dysfunction. Treatment of cancer can have neurological inconveniences (Giglio, 2010). The commonest of these intricacies are radiation-induced damage to the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves and chemotherapy-affected peripheral neuropathy. The suppressant impact of cancer and its treatment on the body 's immune system can bring about irresistible inconveniences inside of the nervous system (Giglio, …show more content…
Department of Health, 2015). Radiation treatment, which may be utilized to treat interior tumors and those on the skin, causes an assortment of obnoxious transient reactions, including hoarseness, throat pain and irritated skin (U.S. Department of Health, 2015). Now and again, the long haul reactions of radiation are significantly more genuine. For instance, radiation coordinated into the oral cavity may harm the salivary organs and jawbone, leaving patients with incessant dry mouth, a lasting inclination to create holes and jaw pain (U.S. Department of Health, 2015). Chemotherapy likewise has an assortment of undesirable reactions, including balding, weakness and a debilitating of the immune system. Luckily, the majority of these are transient inconveniences and for the most part vanish after the patient completes treatment (U.S. Department of Health,