Nutrition for Special Groups

Nutrition for Special Groups 3(3+0)

Lesson 38 : Cancer

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Cancer is a complex set of diseases. Each cancer is unique in the way it grows and develops, its chances of spreading, the way it affects one`s body and the symptoms one may experience. Several factors, including location and how the cancerous cells appear under the microscope, determine how cancer is diagnosed. All cancers, however, fall into one of four broad categories:

1. Carcinoma
2. Sarcoma
3. Leukemias
4. Lymphomas