In the United States, men have a 1 in 2 lifetime risk of developing cancer. For U.S. women the statistic is a little better. The risk is 1 in 3. Over one and a half million new cases of cancer were estimated by the American Cancer Society in 2015. A diagnosis that is oftentimes fatal, disfiguring, or disabling.
The cells belonging to the human body all have their specific jobs to do to make life happen. Normal, healthy cells do the job(s) they were created to do. Those cells also divide in an orderly way in order to make new cells for when old cells wear-out and need to be replaced. The worn-out or aged cells die and the new ones take their place.
Well, that's the way it's supposed to be. Cancer occurs when normal cell death known as apoptosis does not happen. Cancer is when the cells have uncontrolled growth. The cancer cells keep on growing and creating new cells, never dying. The cancerous cells crowd out normal cells. Soon, the cancer cells spread to other parts of the body. This is called metastasis.
In the United States there are basically three acceptable treatments for cancer: radiation (or laser), chemotherapy (drugs), and surgery (cutting.) Different kinds of cancers respond to treatment in different ways. Some types of cancer are best treated with surgery. Surgery can be used to take out the cancerous growth. Surgery is not used for all types of cancer. For example leukemia is treated with drugs.
Chemo or chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancerous cells or to slow their growth. Some chemo is administered intravenously and others use pills as the delivery vehicle. Chemotherapy drugs travel to nearly all parts of the body so chemo is oftentimes used for cancers that have metastasized. Chemo is sometimes used in conjunction with radiation.
Radiation of varying kinds and degrees are used to slow the growth of or to kill cancer cells. Proton beam radiation therapy uses a proton beam instead of x-rays because protons cause little damage to tissues as they pass through and release their energy at the cancer. Brachytherapy or internal radiation therapy is a form of cancer radiation that uses permanent radioactive pellets about the size of a grain of rice to eradicate the cancer (used currently for prostate cancer generally in the U.S.)
Your particular form of cancer treatment will be decided upon by you and your doctor and will be based upon what's best FOR YOU, dependent upon the type of cancer you have, and is also likely contingent upon the stage of your cancer (stage 1-4) as well.
If you awaiting a cancer diagnosis, have been diagnosed with cancer, are receiving cancer treatment, or have recently finished cancer therapy or surgery, the American Cancer Society has said the following on their Cancer.org website: "Nutrition is an important part of cancer treatment. Eating the right kinds of foods during and after treatment can help you feel better and stay stronger....Good nutrition is especially important if you have cancer because both the illness and its treatment can affect your appetite. Cancer and cancer treatments can also affect your body's ability to tolerate certain foods and use nutrients."
Getting more vegetables and fruits into your body when diagnosed with cancer, currently receiving cancer treatments, or having just finished cancer therapy can help the body obtain the energy and essential nutrients it needs and/or lacks to be cured of this dreaded disease and is an integral part of obtaining the "good nutrition" recommended by the American Cancer Society.
The juicing of organic vegetables and fruit in combination with eating healthy meals can provide someone going through cancer, the opportunity to incorporate the added vegetables and fruits advised by oncologists when the appetite is waning or when the eating of solid food is too difficult. Good nutrition is of vital importance. Vegetables and fruits are an integral part of good nutrition, therefore, consume more vegetables and fruits today by making your own fresh organic vegetable juice, ordering a nutrient-dense green juice at a local juice bar, or by purchasing a juice incorporation program through a business like DietBella.com or similar company.
To all of those fighting the Good Fight Against Cancer, never give up. The world needs You in it.
Thx for reading,
-Bell Gia
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