Cancer is a taboo And it seems that it will continue in the future. I do not quite understand the aura of myth and darkness is still on this disease. When a famous person or a celebrity dies of cancer is not said in the press as such, often use euphemisms such absurdities as "a long illness," "a serious process, etc. Why are we so afraid of calling your name?
not understand why whenever someone suffers from this disease worldwide is mouth filling with phrases like "now you have to fight more than ever," is a war you have to face with courage ", etc.. That makes it enlarge the mysticism around it. The positive attitude towards the disease has been found to be key in overcoming the disease process, but it's true in any disease, not only in cancer.
Yes I understand that is a frightening disease because of its high prevalence and poor prognosis (50% survival at 5 years, overall, that is, speaking of all cancers and in all phases), but a shocking figures also have ischemic heart disease and stroke around has not been made taboo.
I take this forum to clarify that talks about cancer as a single disease, when it is easier to understand as many different. I mean, a cancer is a process in which a cell undergoes a change in their life cycle and, so to speak, "goes wrong", begins to uncontrollably repodroducirse to change their morphology and their daughter cells. At some point the cell acquires the ability to escape the body's defenses, to create new vasculature around, to let go and move through the body, including to settle elsewhere, and there continue to grow unchecked, that last is metastasis.
The key is the following, whichever is the cell that originally lost control and where you are, the disease can be very different. There is a difference of a liver cell cancer (liver) than that of a breast cell. Forecasting, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment change a lot. So we met with malignant tumors (tumor is not equal to cancer, a tumor may be a bump, for example) of the skin, such as basal cell carcinoma, with excellent survival, similar to that of healthy people, and others like pancreas with survival rates around 5% in 5 years. So spoke that is easier to understand cancer and other diseases according to their origin as a global disease. Moreover, it is the same as speaking of a cancer in its early phases or stages, when treatment is usually more efficient and much higher survival, a cancer that has metastasized, prognosis, in general, much darker.
Therefore, although the cellular processes and defense of the body are not yet entirely clear about cancer (we are making great progress in understanding), I would like to be called things by their name, without myths , fear or fantasy, which promotes positive attitude to any disease while avoiding euphemisms legacy that sometimes ring hollow. I believe that normalizing and understanding the disease better fear it is lost, but without losing respect, it helps to face it and overcome it like any other disease.
