USEFUL INFORMATION

The name cancer includes many diseases (over 200), different as manifestation, evolution and response to treatment. Cancer can be divided into several major categories: carcinoma: which is the most common type of cancer (80-90% of cases and which is formed in the skin or tissues that "wraps" the internal organs, sarcoma: a form of cancer which occurs in the bones, cartilage, muscles, fat or blood vessels leukemia or "blood cancer" - occurs when the bone marrow is prevented from producing normal blood cells, lymphoma and myeloma: the cancer that affects the cells of the system immune system nerves: occurring in the cells of the spinal cord and the brain.      
    Normally, the cells in our body develop and divide by a controlled and controlled mechanism when the cells reach maturity or are no longer functional, die, and are replaced by new, young and healthy cells. When the genetic material of a cell undergoes mutations, development and multiplication will be affected. "Old" cells, instead of dying, develop chaotically and form other new abnormal cells. In turn, new cancer cells will develop and multiply uncontrollably. Cancer cells "assault" healthy cells in the body, spreading to other areas of the body.
       When cancer cells migrate from the body where they have appeared (eg liver), through blood or lymph, to other areas or organs, metastasis is spoken. In short, a cancerous cell differs from a normal one through chaotic development and property to invade other tissues than the one it belongs to. Mostly, the cluster of cancer mutant cells will form a tumor, which may be benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous). 
        Until now, the causes that lead to cancer are unknown, but there are supposed to be cumulative factors that favor the development of cancer cells. We can talk about age, genetic inheritance, but also possible environmental factors such as toxins or environmental pollution. It is supposed to be a reason for lifestyle, as well as some habits or addictions such as smoking, alcohol consumption, foods with a certain caloric content or sedentary, but also a long exposure to solar radiation. In the development of some forms of cancer, it is believed that infections with the hepatitis B or C virus, as well as that with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) may contribute to a certain extent to the evolution of some diseases. As the estimates show, 1 out of 3 people will develop a form of cancer over the course of their life, which makes us believe that it is a fact that we must get used to and accept as such.

                                                                      "Behind every illness there is a pain of the soul [...] It all starts with worries [...]
                                                                     The disease begins in the mind, as a negative thought, through constant unrest."
                                                                                                                                                                  Mother Gavrilia Papaiannis
                                                                                                                                                                                       1897-1992