After researching cancer for a science project, I learned a lot about cancer and some facts that are important to know. Things I learned:
Metastasis is when cancer starts spreading to other parts of the body. It spreads by shedding of cancer cells off of a tumor or catches on to lymph-nodes which take it to other places. There is many other ways it spreads also.
There are cancer tumors and non-cancer tumors. Non-cancer tumors are known as benign. Cancerous tumors are called malignant tumors.
Many cancers such as prostate and pancreatic cancer, do not show symptoms until they are in an advanced stage. This means it is important to get regular check ups with your doctor and have certain tests done to check for cancer.
One common type of therapy to treat cancer is chemoradiation. I knew there was chemotherapy and radiation but I didn't know they could mix the two. It is where they give you chemotherapy either before or after radiation. This gets rid of cancer that was missed or make it easier for surgery.
Eating a colorful diet helps reduce your risk of cancer. This means eat lots of fruits and vegetables and stay away from pop.
One question I could not find the answer to is the survival rate after chemoradiation for pancreatic cancer. There was no certain percentage or number that I found.
The thing I liked most about researching cancer is I learned the symptoms of different types of cancer, what causes cancer, and what helps reduce a person's risk of cancer. Now I am aware of all of this and know how to stay healthy and identify cancer if symptoms ever show up.
Something I didn't like about the cancer project is it took a lot more thinking than most projects I have done in the past. I had to research a lot harder and know what everything I said meant. This was good because I learned more but I didn't like it because it took more work and thought.
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