Cancer: Causes, Treatments, and Prevention
Explore the causes of cancer such as heavy alcohol consumption, poor nutrition, and smoking, along with treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Learn about different types of cancer and ways to prevent it through a balanced diet rich in antioxidants found in foods like berries, grapes, and tomatoes.
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DIETETICS I M.Sc FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND DIETETICS SUBJECT INCHARGE: A.VIDHYA
Cancer causes cells to divide uncontrollably. This can result in tumors, damage to the immune system, and the impairment that can be fatal.
Heavy alcohol consumption Excess body weight Physical inactive Poor nutrition Radiations Smoking Gamma rays Heredity of genetic
CHEMOTHERAPHY Aims to kill cancer cells with the medication that target rapidly dividing cells the drugs can also help shrink tumors, but the side effects can be severe
Uses high doses radiation to kill cancerous cell also a doctor may recommended using radiation to shrink a tumour before surgery a reduce tumour related symptoms.
Uses medications and other treatments to boost the immune system and encourage it to fight cancerous cells. Two examples of these treatments are check point inhibitors and adaptive cell transfer
Bladder cancer Colon and rectal cancer Endometrial cancer Kidney cancer Leukaemia cancer Liver cancer Melanoma cancer Non-hodgkin s lymphoma cancer
Pancreatic cancer Thyroid cancer
Berries : berries contain antioxidant compounds, which may protects your cells from damage linked to cancer. Grapes : a plant chemical called resveratrol and antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, hides in grapes skin it prevent from liver, stomach, breast and colon cancer Tomatoes : they are rich in anti-oxidants called lycopene
Cruciferous veggies contain potential cancer fighters such as glucosinolates, crambene and intole-3-carbinol Garlic Tea Flax seed Legumes Whole grains
Dyspagia Aspiration Trismus Oesophageal stricture Sarcoma Fibrosis Neutropenia Anorexia
Radiation caries Zerostomia Candita infections Baro reflex dysfunction
