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| Prefix | Meaning |
| Adeno- | Gland |
| Chondro- | Cartilage |
| Erythro- | Red blood cells |
| Hemangio- | Blood vessels |
| Hepato- | Liver |
| Lipo- | Fat |
| Lympho- | Lymphocyte |
| Melano- | Pigment cell |
| Myelo- | Nonlymphocytic bone marrow |
| Myo- | Muscle |
| Osteo- | Bone |
From these prefix, cancer of the bone is known as osteosarcoma and cancer of glandular cells is known as adenocarcinoma.
Cancer is not New
What is Cancer? Is it a new disease. No, Cancer is not a New Disease.
It existed thousands of years ago.
The only difference is: In olden days, only Old People die from Cancer, whilst today, Infants and Young Children are dying from Cancer!
In most hospitals today, we have Children's Cancer Ward!
Cancer is not only confined to humans, but through cancer research, they have found that even animals, such as dogs and cats, are not spared this dreaded disease.
Cancer is a Defect in the Cell Level
What is Cancer?
Cancer is a Cell Activity Defect.
The Human Body is known to have as many as 50 trillion to 100 trillion cells.
Every minute, about 10 million cells sub-divide and become 20 million similar cells.
What causes Cancer?
It is your new cells becoming "haywire", either due to external or internal influences, and behave abnormally.
Scientists have found that everyone produces such defective cells but they are under control because the healthy cells will get rid of them and stop them from multiplying.
Growth of Cancer
Cancer cells grow by multiplying (or what the doctors called mitotic activity).
That means 1 cell splits and become 2 cells, and 2 cells become 4 cells.
However, if this process remains unchecked, the constant multiplying of cancer cells will develop into cancer tumors.
This is how cancer grows.
A more aggressive Cancer will multiply and grow faster, and vice versa.
However, it takes a long time for Cancer Cells to multiply before they become noticeable.
The following table illustrate such a growth:
| Year One | Year Two | Year Three |
| Day 0 | 4,096 x 2 = 8,192 | 16,777,216 x 2 = 33,554,432 |
| 1 cell x 2 = 2 | 8,192 x 2 = 16,384 | 33,554,432 x 2 = 67,108,864 |
| 2 x 2 = 4 | 16,384 x 2 = 32,768 | 67,108,864 x 2 = 134,217,728 |
| 4 x 2 = 8 | 32,768 x 2 = 65,536 | 134,217,728 x 2 = 268,435,456 |
| 8 x 2 = 16 | 65,536 x 2 = 131,072 | 268,435,456 x 2 = 536,870,912 |
| 16 x 2 = 32 | 131,072 x 2 = 262,145 | 536,870,912 x 2 = 1,073,741,824 (small grape size) |
| 32 x 2 = 64 | 262,145 x 2 = 524,288 | |
| 64 x 2 = 128 | 524,288 x 2 = 1,048,288 (pinhead size) | |
| 128 x 2 = 256 | 1,048,288 x 2 = 2,097,152 | |
| 256 x 2 = 512 | 2,097,152 x 2 = 4,194,304 | |
| 512 x 2 = 1,024 | 4,194,304 x 2 = 8,388,608 | |
| 1,024 x 2 = 2,048 | 8,388,608 x 2 = 16,777,216 | |
| 2,048 x 2 = 4,096 |
Cancer cells by itself is not dangerous.
It is the spreading (metastasis) of cancer cells that is dangerous because it causes the rest of the other body systems to be overcome.
Less than 10% of cancer patients die from the tumors that continue to grow at the same original site where they took root. (source: Robert Weinberg: One Renegade Cell).
When the cancer spread to other organs to form secondary cancers, then it becomes dangerous.
short video on "what is cancer"
Further Readings:
Medical science discovers natural science that:Enzyme that 'cleans' cancer cells discovered
There is evidence that food consumption has very strong linkage with cancer, apart from smoking and alcohol.
The idea of cancer lying dormant in the body is not new, but only recently has the immune system been implicated in keeping some forms of cancer at bay. If immunologists can learn to mimic this process, people may be able to hold their tumours in check indefinitely. (Author: Natural healing always stressed = build the immune system)
Ginger can kill ovarian cancer cells while the compound that makes peppers hot can shrink pancreatic tumors, researchers told a conference: byDr. Rebecca Liu, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, and colleagues.
An epidemic of cancer will sweep across the developing world in the next 30 years, a group of eminent epidemiologists is warning.
Extensive research has been undertaken on the beneficial effects of tea consumption, including potential benefits on stroke, coronary heart disease, certain cancers, and weight management.
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