Cancer And Chemotherapy Essay

Introduction Cancer is caused by cells divide uncontrollably(1) and they cause big masses that form tumors. Cancer can be all over the body and spread through the other healthy organs in your body. Some of the most common cancers you see are breast cancer, lung cancer, and leukemia. cancer is something that either people live or die from, due to it being a consequence of your actions or it comes from your genetics. However, there is no cure there is only chemotherapy that stops the growth and cell division of the cancer cells. The history of cancer goes back to (460–370 B.C) when cancer was found in ancient Egypt when bodies were mummies. One of the cancers found in the mummies was bone cancer. Know in days cancer is very common in people who tend to smoke, drink and do other things that are bad for your body. Smoking cigarettes are linked to 80% to 90% of lung cancer (3). Cancer is also something that can come from your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and, so on.

Chemotherapy is something that does not cure it but slows the process of cancer moving on to any other healthy tissue, also slow the cell division up, and it helps kill the dividing cells. Chemotherapy is taken in through an iv or a pill that you can take orally. Cancer patients that use chemotherapy tend to have hair loss caused by damage to the hair follicles, lower blood count, tired and achy muscles that can mess up the balance and motor skills, and it also weakens your immune system so you are more prone to getting even sicker than what you already are (4). Chemotherapy can use in radiation, the radiation can be for nonmalignant diseases. Radiation is a powerful wave of energy that does the same things and regular chemotherapy and has about the same side