| Cancer information for laymen
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| | they will spread into the lymph nodes in
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| 28th February 2007
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| | the body. Doctors called this regional
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| Author: DR SOON
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| | spread. If there is further spread beyond
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| Cancer has been a taboo in human society.
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| | the lymph nodes to other organs, doctors
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| Cancer often causes fear and
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| | refer to this as distant metastasis. This
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| hopelessness. This explains why faith
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| | degree of spread is known as staging.
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| healing is so much in demand by cancer
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| | This is important for doctors to plan
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| patients. Cancer is not a single disease.
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| | treatment.
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| It is a clinical syndrome referring to
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| | Investigation are also important to find
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| group of diseases which have different
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| | out whether the cancer has spread to
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| causes. As such, one person's cancer
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| | other parts of the body. Treatment will
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| cannot be compared with another.
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| | then be tailored to the clinical stage of
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| Our bodies are made up of hundreds of
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| | the disease process. A diagnosis of
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| different types of cells. Any of these
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| | cancer are very often confirmed by
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| cells theoretically may become abnormal,
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| | biopsy. Blood tests will provide more
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| leading to various types of cancer. The
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| | information to doctors. Other tools that
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| cause of cancer is complex. The cancer
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| | doctors use are ultrasounds, x-rays, CT
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| disease process occurs when some of our
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| | scans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and
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| body cells start to behave in an
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| | Positron Emission Tomography.
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| uncontrolled way destroying our own body
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| | If you have questions related to this
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| tissues.
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| | article you may e-mail me at quoting the
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| In the early stages, cancerous growths
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| | contents of the article. Alternatively,
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| usually remain in the organ where the
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| | you may post your question on the
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| cancer started. Doctors called this
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| | bulletin board.
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| 'localized disease'. As the cancer grow,
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