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Post by hamilton on Nov 10, 2011 8:23:22 GMT -5
Cancer treatments are mostly focused on removing and destroying the cancer cells themselves. They can range from surgery to remove tumors, to drugs which try to choke off the tumor’s blood supply, to radiation therapy
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Post by etiosliva143 on Nov 10, 2011 8:37:51 GMT -5
One of the most insidious aspects of cancer is the way it grows. As the tumor outgrows the original organ, pieces of malignant tissue often break off (metastasize)and enter the bloodstream or lymph system. The cancer cells can then attach themselves to other vulnerable organs and form new tumors. Thus a patient with pancreatic cancer may eventually suffer from lung, brain, kidney, breast or colon cancer as well.
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