What is cancer?

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i have a friend who recently had treatment for cancer. She is now better thankfully, but, she was saying that it was the treatment that made her ill, not th e cancer.

So why do people die of cancer? What happens? can it go away naturally?

Answers:
There are many different types of cancers (blood, bone, organ, etc) and various modalities for treating each. As a simple object lesson...cancer can oftentimes be traced back to free radicals causing oxidative stress to the cellular [lipid] membranes which can adversely impact our DNA. To neutralize or reduce this oxidation process (and also help repair the DNA), one must increase their level of antioxidants through the ingestion of fruits and vegetables (not synthetic supplements like A, C and E). The data is very conclusive here. For your edification, I've posted several documents relating to this in my Yahoo Briefcase which you can freely download: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/apuzyr There is other information there, as well, which you may find useful pertaining to high protein diets, low carb diets, building up the immune system, ideal blood tests, macular degeneration, diabetic neuropathy, free radicals and antioxidants, phytonutrients, synthetic vitamins vs whole food supplements, etc.

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Basically cancer is an abnormality of the cells in the body. Wikipedia has a good definition as follows:

Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis. Metastasis is defined as the stage in which cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system. Cancer may affect people at all ages, but risk tends to increase with age, due to the fact that DNA damage becomes more apparent in aging DNA. It is one of the principal causes of death in developed countries.

Cancer is a disease and sadly, No - it doesnt go away on its own. Eventually it gets into your system and your vital organs shut down. Its not usually the cancer that kills itself but a side effect of it.

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