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    Cancer has existed since the beginning of human existence. The earliest confirmation of cancer was found in the bones of ancient Egyptian mummies around 3000 B.C. At that time, it was not referenced by the name cancer. The first known cases consisted of tumors and ulcers of the breast. Ancestry of the word cancer is credited to the Father of Medicine, Greek physician, Hippocrates. He used the terms carcinos and carcinoma. What is cancer? How does it start? Cancer is the familiar name for more than 100 diseases. The type of cancer one has depend on its origination in the body. Cancer begins to form when cells in the body begin to grow uncontrollably. The cells continue to grow. Abnormal cells are formed. Unlike normal cells that grow, divide, make new cells and die, cancer cells continue to grow out of control. The cells attack tissue which is what forms a cancer cell. Every cell has DNA. In a normal cell, when the DNA is damaged, the cell either reconstructs the damage or dies. In a cancer cell, the damaged DNA is not renewed, instead, the cell continues to reproduce more cells that the body does not need. The new cells carry the flawed DNA of the initial cell. Cancer cells travel and create new tumors that attack…

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    Heterogeneity Of Cancer

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    Invasive cancer is the cancer that spreads beyond the layer of tissue which developed and is growing into surrounding, healthy tissues. A lot of physicians try to detect and prevent the invasive cancers. Ductal carcinoma in situ is a non-invasive breast cancer. It does not spread beyond the milk duct into surrounding breast tissue. However, it can increase the risk of having invasive breast cancer later. Heterogeneity is a word that means diversity. It signifies the quality of state of being…

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    Overeating And Cancer

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    The Connection Between Overeating and Cancer Food and nutrients are a necessity to live and thrive. However, consuming too much for this necessity can initiate a deadly chain reaction. Obesity is a disease stemming from various influences, such as the variety of food consumed and socioeconomic influences, but an important influence of this epidemic is overeating.9-12 Additionally, obesity is an epidemic impacting nearly 2 in 3 people within the United State population.1,2 Obesity as a disease…

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    The Uncontrollable Growth of Cancer Various risks factors can contribute to the development of cancer, but the cause of this rampant disease is uncontrolled cell growth. Cancerous cells divide without limit because of the production of the enzyme telomerase that speeds up the process of cell division. Cancer cells derive from mutation in genetic DNA, and becomes carcinogenic cells that renew themselves indefinitely. When this fatal continuous process occurs, it results in a tumor. Although…

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    Chemoprevention And Cancer

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    Can Certain Types of Food Prevent Cancer? Literature Review Introduction Cancer is a problem that has been around for many years and as the years go by more and more different types cancers are being discovered. This is not to say that it is taking over the world because just as different types of cancers are being discovered, some are being cured or are in the process of finding a cure for certain types (Early, 2014). In our modern age science is advancing and becoming more beneficial when it…

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    Cancer In The 1800s

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    Cancer was not used as a casual medical term in the 1990s, with only one in five individuals contracting cancer. Unfortunately, that number has increased in the last few years to one in three, with reports predicting that number will increase to one in two individuals contracting cancer by 2020 (Faguet, 2005). The rate by which this deadly disease has grown in the past seventy years is astonishing, but what are the causes behind this raging epidemic? The most immediate causes relate to diet,…

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    The Cause Of Cancer

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    genes damaged throughout a person’s life, is what contributes to the growth and development of cancer. Normally, one mutation will not cause cancer because the human body can correct that change, but with a multitude of mutations over time cancer becomes more probable. There have also been studies on how the loss of a sex chromosome will lead to the likeliness of cancer in males. Research done by members of the American Society of Human Genetics has shown that men of older ages…

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    Cancer Vs Colon Cancer

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    Cancer affects everyone, plain and simple. As one of the most popularly researched diseases, experts and researchers from all over the globe are constantly working to understand more about this destructive disease and eventually beat it. While all types of cancer are problematic, some types rank higher than others in terms of number of cases and deadliness. One of these is colon or colorectal cancer (CRC). In 2014, there was an estimated 136,830 new cases of colon cancer. Additionally, last…

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    Ovarian Cancer

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    Ovarian cancer affects the two small, almond shaped organs located in the deep regions of the abdomen (NCI, 2008). These are found on each side of the uterus. Ovarian cancer is very hard to detect in early stages. Ovarian cancer is harder to detect than breast cancer because of its location and symptoms. This cancer is often not caught early and can be deadly. Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate of all female cancers; greater than 50% of the women diagnosed with ovarian cancer die…

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    Cure Cancer affects millions of people 's lives around the world. Over 1,665,540 people were diagnosed and 585,720 people died from cancer in 2014 (“Cancer Facts”). Cancer owns the future because there is no cure. Many people have devoted their entire lives to finding a cure for cancer. Billions of dollars have been put into research. Unfortunately, everyone has come up short in finding a definite way of curing cancer. Cancer has three main treatments: chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. The…

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