Cancer Cells And Liver Cancer

“Each Year in the United States about one-hundred and fifty-thousand patients develop cancer of the colon or rectum. Around fifty percent of these patients will either have a cancer that has already spread to the liver or they will come back in future years with metastatic cancer to the liver.” Liver cancer, or other known as Hepatocellular Carcinoma, is a cancer residing in the liver. There are other cancers like metastatic cancer that starts at other organs then spreads to the liver. Being the third most common cancer in the world, it is also one of the deadliest. Twenty percent of the patients that are affected by liver cancer survive for a year after diagnosis. Sadly, five percentile of the survivors live for only five years or more.

Hemochromatosis is when there is excess iron in the body. It is a genetic disorder that is passed down each generation and is inherited by the offspring. Iron overload directly affects the circulatory system but eventually the complications can affect the whole body and many major organs. In addition, hemochromatosis can show no symptoms but the body sometimes shows

What is cancer? This is an important question that will help people to understand the severity of this affliction. Cancer occurs from abnormal cell growth in the human body. When this happens tumors may form. Tumors are a mass of cells that continue to expand. These tumors may be benign. This means they will not spread through the body. Though, the tumors may be malignant which means they may spread to other areas of the body in an invasive manner. These malignant tumors have the potential to cause serious complications and even death. It is these tumors that are cancerous.

Cancer is the development of faulty cells and is caused by mutations in the DNA of the cell which make it defective. Normal cells have methods to prevent cancer cells from forming, such as tumor suppressor genes but sometimes cancer can bypass these methods and grow out of control, forming tumors. If the cancer cells come into contact with the lymphatic system or circulatory system, it can travel to other parts of the body through them and cause cancer in those areas of the body too. Once the cancer has spread throughout the body it leads to death within a few years as the cancer takes over the healthy cells. Mutations in proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes can cause liver cancer, which can be slowed down with treatments

Liver cancers are malignant tumours that grow inside or on the surface of the liver. They form from the liver or structures inside the liver, for example, blood

Cancer refers to a collection of related diseases caused by abnormal, uncontrolled cell division. It can develop and potentially spread to almost any kind of tissue in the body, and each type of cancer is caused by its own set of genetic mutations that influence its behavior.

history for hereditary liver diseases as one might be of high risk for the disease and get

Liver cancer is complicated to detect at early stage due to the number of symptoms .Several types of risk factor like obesity, cirrhosis, smoking, hepatitis B and hepatitis C or alcoholism are very highly linked to the liver cancer. The medical term that is

What is cancer? Cancer is a disease where cells split uncontrollably and can invade other tissues, causing cells in the other tissues to have cancer. Where can cancer occur? Cancer can occur practically anywhere in the body. This is because cancerous cells can move anywhere in the amatomy through blood paths and lymph systems (lymph systems are lattice of organs, lymph intersections (nodes), tubes, and vessels that move lymph, a clear fluid containing white blood cells, from place to place. (- http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/cancerlibrary/what-is-cancer )

The liver is a large, internal organ in the body that has many different and very important functions. The liver produces bile, which helps with the neutralization of stomach acid. It acts as storage area for glycogen and vitamins, converts nutrients and substances into more user friendly ones, acts as a detoxifying agent, phagocytizes dead cells, and can synthesize new compounds. (VanPutte et al., 2014) Cirrhosis is a disease of the liver that replaces healthy liver cells called hepatocytes, with hardened tissue, affecting liver functions and blood flow. (VanPutte et al., 2014)

Haemochromatosis is an inherited disease due to excess iron in the body. It manifests itself by discoloration of the skin, liver abnormalities and diabetes.

One thing I learned in researching cancer is that in order for cancer to appear in our body it has to avoid being detected by our immune system. The cancer cells have to avoid being detected by the immune system because if they are detected the immune system will try and fight off the abnormality. If your immune system does not detect the abnormality in cells, the cancer cells will grow and reproduce causing cancer to spread rapidly. The cancer cells that are not detected they can create colonies and spread rapidly.

Hereditary Hemochromatosis is a disease that causes the body to absorb and store more iron than is needed. Iron is an important nutrient that people get from food. It is the main component of hemoglobin, and it carries oxygen away from the lungs to the rest of the body. In Hereditary Hemochromatosis, the body absorbs almost twice as much iron as it should be, that causes it to be stored in other areas such as joints and major organs. This excess iron cannot leave these joints or major organs, Over time this can cause diabetes and damage to an organ. Even though a kid could be born with hemochromatosis, the disease might not be recognized or diagnosed till early adulthood or later. This is caused by a virus in a gene that controls how much iron the body takes in from one’s meal. This genetic disease alters the regulation of iron absorption. If correctly diagnosed, HH is easily and effectively treated, but if untreated, it can lead to severe organ damage.

Cancer is when a cell in your body keeps producing new cells but the cells they produce are bad and the bad cells keep multiplying rapidly. The bad cells attack the good ones. Some types of cancer you can’t do anything about because it might be hereditary and the type of cancer might not be able to cure or you can’t afford the cure. According to Brittanic School “In 2000, more than 500,000 people died of cancer in the United States, more than 500,000 in India, more than 60,000 in Canada, and more than 35,000 in Australia. In the European Union, which in 2000 comprised 15 nations, more than 900,000 people died of cancer.” Some things that cause cancer is exposure to too much radiation and toxic chemicals. That is a way to get internal cancer but some types you can prevent. Skin cancer you can prevent by putting on a good bit of sunblock and then after 1 to 1.5 hours, reaply it and eat fruits and vegetables as Discovery Education has stated. Some cancers can’t be cured or are really hard to cure. Some you might not be able to afford so there might not be anything else anyone can do so the life of that person will be cut short, but it happens to some people sadly. Some drugs that can cure cancer you can be allergic to. Also the drugs eliminate the bad calls but they damage the good ones too so there are some

There are no symptoms in cancer, it just has stages before it begins to spread. Example, lung cancer is the most common cancer type in the U.S it mostly starts after chemicals in cigarettes or polluted air cell. These certain objects affect the lining of the bronchial tubes. These tubes are located in the lungs. Normally they have tiny hair growing on the cells called cilia. The cilia moves back and forth without stopping sweeping out mucus, toxins, bacteria, viruses and thick liquid on the tubes. When the smoke comes into the system it kills the hair that was normally there. But, the smoke doesn’t move it stays in one place causing