Why is cancer bad?

[MeddyDuo]

If it is just overgrown tissue, can't they just keep removing it?

 

[Golgatha]

It uses resources faster than normal cells resulting eventually in death. This is why it is bad.

 

[KLin]

It'll kill you. That's why it's bad.

/thread

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
Why is cancer bad?

 

[yankeesfan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer

Read.

 

[homercles337]

You cant keep removing cancerous cells because you would have to remove the whole organ to do so.

Plus, KLingLing told you that it will kill so, so there!

 

[A Casual Fitz]

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k

Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
Why is cancer bad?

She's not claiming that she thinks it isn't bad...she's just looking for an explanation.

 

[beemercer]

Originally posted by: KLin
It'll kill you. That's why it's bad.

/thread

/thread^1000

 

[vi edit]

I'll try and keep it simple:

1) cancer can grow so quick (or go undetected so long) that it overgrows enough necessary tissue that your body can no long function properly (lung tissue, liver tissue, brain tissue, pancreas, ect)

2) it weakens your body so bad that it leaves you incredibly vulnerable to otherwise non-life threatening issue (sickness, other diseases, ect)

There's much, much more to it than that, but those are the very simplistic problems.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
If it is just overgrown tissue, can't they just keep removing it?

I am
Are you talking about cancer or your brain?

 

[MeddyDuo]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
If it is just overgrown tissue, can't they just keep removing it?

I am
Are you talking about cancer or your brain?

Cancer...

 

[JM Aggie08]

i just flat out laughed when i read the title of this, lol.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
If it is just overgrown tissue, can't they just keep removing it?

I am
Are you talking about cancer or your brain?

The OP doesnt know her biology, but she can type and use a computer so give her a break for a little while. :clock:

 

[reitz]

Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
If it is just overgrown tissue, can't they just keep removing it?

When it spreads, it doesn't always land in places where it can be easily removed. A benign tumor is far less serious, since it only grows in the same place. A tumor like that can simply removed over and over again if it keeps coming back, but there are still places in the body (like the brain) that are not very accessible.

A cancerous tumor is much worse because it will continue to spread throughout the body. Consider a cancer that has spread to the lungs: imagine trying to remove thirty or forty clusters of cells while still leaving the lungs intact. The retroperitoneal lymph nodes are another site where some cancers spread; the nodes are located in the abdomen just in front of the spine. A surgeon can't go through the back because the spine is in the way, so the only option is an incision from sternum to groin, lifting all of the vital organs out of the way, removing the cancerous lymph nodes, and then putting the organs back. This is not a simple surgery

Untreated, cancer will kill you because the presence of foreign cells in places they don't belong interferes with the normal functions of organs. Malformed and growing lung tissue in the brain is going to cause problems with the functions of the brain.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: homercles337

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
If it is just overgrown tissue, can't they just keep removing it?

I am
Are you talking about cancer or your brain?

The OP doesnt know her biology, but she can type and use a computer so give her a break for a little while. :clock:

IT'S A MAN, BABY!

 

[irishScott]

They can remove most of it in a lot of cases, but almost never all of it. Some cells survive to reproduce.

 

[Mo0o]

I feel dumber after reading that question.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: homercles337

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
If it is just overgrown tissue, can't they just keep removing it?

I am
Are you talking about cancer or your brain?

The OP doesnt know her biology, but she can type and use a computer so give her a break for a little while. :clock:

IT'S A MAN, BABY!

Yea, i know, i just like pointing out when guys use the chick avatars. I was hoping that the dude that posted this may not like being emasculated like that, but i guess thats why so many guys use chick avatars...

 

[UncleWai]

Cancer doesn't suck, death sucks.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Excess production of useless cells that suck resources from useful cells and even inhibits them. It also spreads. They also divide faster and do not undergo programmed cell death.

 

[UberNeuman]

MeddyDuo - you could ask my father about cancer, if it hadn't ate up his body and left him pain for the last three months of his life....

Or you could do your own damn research on the internet or your local library to find facts about cancer.......

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: homercles337

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
If it is just overgrown tissue, can't they just keep removing it?

I am
Are you talking about cancer or your brain?

The OP doesnt know her biology, but she can type and use a computer so give her a break for a little while. :clock:

IT'S A MAN, BABY!

Correction... A MANTROLL, BABY! :laugh:

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: MeddyDuo
If it is just overgrown tissue, can't they just keep removing it?

 

[LordNoob]

For the same reason that you are bad.

 

[chrisms]

If you had dreams of being a doctor, now would be a good time to reconsider.