What Is Cancer ?

Maria Aguirre, Contributor

Cancer is a disease. The cancer could start in any part of the body. Cancer starts when the cell grows and crushes the normal cells. When this happen it makes is hard for the body to move. Cancer could be treated for many of the people. There isn’t just one type of cancer there is many more. The stage that isn’t dangerous about cancer is stage 1 and stage 2. The dangerous stage about cancer is stage 3 and 4.

There are different types of cancer for example:

  • Breast cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • Basal cell cancer
  • Melanoma
  • Colon cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Lymphoma

All of this cancers can be dangerous. With this being dangerous you still get a treatment called chemotherapy. The chemotherapy may cause for your hail to fall off and some different changes in your body. When you find out you have cancer you think everything is over but it’s not you shouldn’t feel like that at all. To know when you might have cancer you could feel a change in yourself.

Here are some symptoms you might feel when you have cancer:

  • Pain
  • Fever
  • Weight loss/gain
  • Vomiting
  • Skin change

 

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Information from:

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-basics/what-is-cancer.html