What is terminal cancer?
479695
Terminal means that death is unavoidable. So the cancer is deadly. sorry
809155
Cancer in all forms.  It claims so many lives everyday.  I am currently watching my Papaw die from this horrible disease.  His has metastasized to his entire body, and watching him waste away and lose weight, have so much pain, and suffer absolutely kills me too.  I have also had many other friends and family members suffer with cancer, including my mother who had breast cancer.  I pray every day that a cure will be found for it.
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A disease marked by the uncontrolled growth of cells, often with invasion of healthy tissues locally or throughout the body. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S, after the cardiovascular diseases. In 2003 the American Cancer Society estimated that about 560,000 Americans died of cancer, and twice that number were newly diagnosed with one form or another of the disease. The most common cancers in the U.S. are lung, breast, colon, prostate, and skin. Because most cancers occur in patients who are age 65 or older, the incidence of cancer is expected to increase as the population ages. More than 200 kinds of cancer have been identified. Cancers that arise from epithelial tissues are called carcinomas; from mesenchymal tissues, sarcomas; from lymphatic cells, lymphomas; from blood-forming cells, leukemias. Cancer cells have several reproductive advantages over normal cells. They can make proteins that stimulate their own growth or that stimulate new blood vessels to bring them nourishment. They can produce enzymes that prevent their chromosomes from aging. They can invade the bloodstream and find places to grow in new tissues. Usually, as cancer cells proliferate, they become increasingly abnormal and require more of the body's metabolic output for their growth and development. Damage caused by their invasion of healthy tissues results in organ malfunction, pain, and, often, death.
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They need to remove the infected lymph node or shrink the cancer with radiation or chemotherapy.  If it has spread too far into lymph nodes that cannot be removed and cannot be shrunk by radiation or chemo then the survival chances are less. End stage cancer usually ends up in the liver lung or brain if it spreads from the primary tumor which sounds like the primary was in the throat. The lymphatic system spreads the cancer cells throughout the body so depending how far it has invaded the lymphatic system will determine the possibility of cure or mortality. Whoever is going through this needs comfort support and peace with God. Prayer will help!
415275
Cancer. Sometimes a cigar...will kill you.
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Not currently, however there are treatments and preventative measures. \n\nA cure means you will be completely absolved of the problem forever.  \n\nA treatment is a management. Like chemo can rid a person of cancer for awhile but there's still a chance it will come back. \n\nCancer happens on a cellular level so it's going to be a tough one to find a 'cure' for.  \n\n(Quoted)\nCancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy or other methods. The choice of therapy depends upon the location and grade of the tumor and the stage of the disease, as well as the general state of the patient (performance status). A number of experimental cancer treatments are also under development.\n\nComplete removal of the cancer without damage to the rest of the body is the goal of treatment. Sometimes this can be accomplished by surgery, but the propensity of cancers to invade adjacent tissue or to spread to distant sites by microscopic metastasis often limits its effectiveness. The effectiveness of chemotherapy is often limited by toxicity to other tissues in the body. Radiation can also cause damage to normal tissue.\n\nBecause "cancer" refers to a class of diseases, it is unlikely that there will ever be a single "cure for cancer" any more than there will be a single treatment for all infectious diseases
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First you need to ask if they have a DNR (Do not resuscitate).   But Hospice is a great help when it comes to terminally ill patients.
296331
Well, assuming it is not a long term or terminal illness that you are already aware of, I would say it means it is time for you to go to a doctor and get checked out.
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I have to believe that MOST people who "are dying" want nothing more than to be treated like you would treat anyone else, since when you have a "terminal" condition, everyone who knows treats you very strangely.  This guy was different, though, since he took the time to point his predicament out to you.  \n\nWhen I was dying (or everyone thought I was), the most comforting things I heard were from people who just accepted death as a normal thing, and told me how much fun we'd had when we went to such-and-such a place, or did such-and-such a thing, and reminded me of all the good stuff that had happened.\n\nI am a devout agnostic, but I do know that each day is a gift, and however crappy a time you might be having, someone's got it worse, so you might as well smile...
512743
a cell mutates, divides and spreads, that is it. to cure cancer go to the source listed below.
288195
depends on the type of cancer, it is a disease and can come in lots of different areas of the body.
561994
get to a doctor imediately, the longer u wait with cancer, the worse things get. Cancer is cured by early detection and treatment.
639133
it will go away when you die from cancer
128540
Even though our understanding of cancer has made leaps and bounds, we have still yet to find a sure-fire treatment.  This has to do with the number of cancers out there, as well as the complexity of the problem.  Cancer is the result of a number of factors, including a cells ability to ignore death signals, anti-growth signals, as well as telling itself to continuously grow.  With all these problems compounded, cancer is a harsh nemesis.
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Well, cancer is abnormal cells that are growing out of control and will take over healthy tissue and cut off the blood supply.  I have been with three people who died from cancer and it was pretty awful. One brain tumor, one lung cancer and one cancer of the maxillary sinus cavity. \nThe bottom line is that there is abnormal tissue growing where it shouldn't be growing and the body doesn't want it there and it can press on nerves and do all kinds of things to cause pain depending on where it is located. It weakens the body and many times the treatments side effects cause pain too.
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All people are born prone to and the possibility of getting cancer.  It's a very bad thing to get. Cancer eats you up like rotting skin, then you die. Getting it has alot to do with not keep yourself healthy. I pray tell you never get it.  Long term cancer is a hell in itself and suffering until you die.  And YES, their are cures for alot of cancer patients now a days. Their is far more hope for patients today than ever before.  Today their's medicine and kemotherapy, and their's always been that "Paying to God" thing... Dr Checko... (Nickname)
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What kind of cancer did he have to start with?  There are people nowadays living with cancer.  My father's friend Tony is an example.  Tony was diagnosed with 6 months to live, terminal cancer.  He pushed for chemo anyhow and is still here 8 years later and the cancer spread to the colon and pancreas and started in the lung.  He has to be on maintenance chemo every 4 months to control it but he is living with cancer like people live with any illness.  Don't give up hope.  Depending where the cancer is, part of the liver if it's in the left lobe can be removed and he can still function with part of his liver.  He could also be eligible if push came to shove for a transplant from a relative.