| Cancer is one of the most deadly of diseases. In | | | | tumor (cancer). Benign tumors do not spread to |
| USA and other developed nations, cancer kills almost | | | | other parts of the body or invade other tissues, and |
| 25% of people. This number is more in poorer third | | | | they are rarely a threat to life unless they compress |
| world countries. In cancer, the cells through a process | | | | vital structures. Malignant tumors on the other hand |
| of mutation, start to divide endlessly. Creating internal | | | | are more dangerous and they often invade other |
| problems and finally death. It is a hard battle that one | | | | organs, spread to distant locations and become |
| needs to fight against this terrible enemy. Both | | | | life-threatening. |
| expensive and time consuming, many of the poorer | | | | Can it be treated? Yes, Cancer can be treated if it is |
| nations today do not have cancer treating facilities | | | | diagnosed at an early stage. Allopathic treatments like |
| leading to the painful death of many thousands of | | | | Chemotherapy have proved to be successful against |
| individuals. | | | | cancer. There are many types of strong chemicals |
| There are many types of cancers. Basically, the | | | | and radiation that help in fighting against cancer. |
| disease can be divided into 2 broad categories. Adult | | | | Today however other methods have emerged which |
| cancers and childhood cancers. Adult cancers include | | | | show promise in fighting off cancer. Psychologists |
| Lung cancer and ovarian cancer. | | | | believe in curing cancer through thought processes. |
| Cancer can also occur in young children and | | | | By having a positive frame of mind, they believe that |
| adolescents, but it is rare. Child Cancer; especially | | | | this disease can be fought. |
| leukemia, is on an upward trend. Though some | | | | Meditation techniques like reiki that help in awakening |
| studies have not shown this, others done over a | | | | inner forces are also proving to be very beneficial. |
| longer scale of time have so indicated. The age of | | | | An unconventional treatment for this disease is |
| peak incidence of cancer in children occurs during the | | | | laughter therapy. There is a very touching story |
| first year of life. Leukemia is one of the types that | | | | about how one person got over this disease just |
| can occur. The other types include the central | | | | through having fun. Norman Cousins was diagnosed |
| nervous system cancers, lymphomas, and | | | | by a form of life threatening tissue disease or a form |
| rhabdomyosarcoma. | | | | of cancer. He started and experimented by watching |
| How is such a terrible disease caused? Cell division is | | | | and enjoying Marx brother movies. Six months later, |
| a physiological process that occurs in almost all tissues | | | | he was up and perfect astonishing his doctors. |
| and under many circumstances. Normally the balance | | | | No matter how terrible the disease is, love, friendship |
| between growth and programmed cell death is tightly | | | | and laughter can find a cure. Hope and courage are |
| regulated to ensure the integrity of organs and | | | | an individual's best friends at any time and it is no |
| tissues. Mutations in DNA that lead to cancer disrupt | | | | different when some one is diagnosed with cancer. If |
| these orderly processes. | | | | one has no panic and fights the disease with a |
| The uncontrolled and often rapid proliferation of cells | | | | joyous spirit and complete healing will be a guarantied |
| can lead to either a benign tumor or a malignant | | | | possibility. |