| According to the 2007 report of the World Health | | | | "melanocytes". Melanocytes are the cells in which |
| Organization, the next thirty years will witness a | | | | melanin pigment is formed. Melanoma is a type of |
| significant global rise, in the number of deaths due to | | | | skin cancer that begins in these cells. |
| non-communicable diseases, especially cancer. This | | | | NHL (Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma) is yet another |
| prediction is mainly due to the ageing of the | | | | common form of cancer. This refers to a the growth |
| population of the world. | | | | of a large group of cancers that affect the immunity |
| However, even without that bit of news, we are | | | | system. The symptoms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| aware of cancer being a major killer. But we do | | | | are those of fever and weight loss, a sure sign that |
| know that a cancer, when detected in its earliest | | | | the immunity system has been affected. This is a |
| stages, is generally curable. Hence, it is advisable to | | | | cancer that can affect any age group, and its |
| make sure that we are privy to various kinds of | | | | treatment is completely dependent on the stage of |
| cancer information. | | | | detection of the cancer. |
| To begin with, it helps if you know about the | | | | Of course, these are only a few of the many kinds |
| different common types of cancer. Among the most | | | | of cancers that afflict people all over the world. |
| common are bladder cancer, breast cancer, colon | | | | There are cancers that can be easily treated, and |
| cancer, skin cancer, and prostate cancer. | | | | those that cannot. On the Internet, there are various |
| Leukemia is another common type, where the cancer | | | | sites that are devoted to providing cancer |
| forms in the tissues where blood is formed, such as | | | | information. So you have the official sites, websites |
| in the bone marrow. This then leads to the | | | | created by cancer specialists, and sites created and |
| production of a large number of blood cells, and | | | | maintained by people who have either battled cancer |
| these large numbers of blood cells then enter the | | | | or know people who have. |
| blood stream. | | | | So, at least if you are looking for basic information, |
| If you have a suspicious looking mole, you really | | | | there are a large number of authoritative websites |
| should have it checked, as you do not want to risk | | | | that provide cancer information. Prepare yourself with |
| it's being cancerous. It may be nothing, but you really | | | | all the cancer information that you can, so that you |
| should not sit on it worrying that it might be | | | | will be better placed to deal with the countless |
| melanoma. The word "melanoma" comes from | | | | problems that a cancer brings in its wake. |