Topic > Cancer - 2308

Cancer is a genetic disease because it can be traced back to an alteration within specific genes, but in most cases it is not a hereditary disease. The genetic alterations that lead to most cancers occur in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of a somatic cell during the life of the affected individual. Because of these genetic changes, cancer cells proliferate uncontrollably, producing malignant tumors that invade surrounding healthy tissue. As long as tumor growth remains localized, the disease can usually be treated and cured by surgical removal of the tumor. But malignant tumors tend to metastasize, that is, to generate cells that detach from the parent mass, enter the lymphatic or vascular circulation and spread to distant sites in the body where they establish lethal secondary tumors (metastases) that are no longer treatable. to surgical removal. Despite this, various exogenous and endogenous factors are known to influence the normal cell growth pattern, whereby the cell becomes cancerous. The species specificity and identity of biological organisms are maintained through the unchanged genomic structure throughout their lifespan. The relationship between cell growth and cell death is tightly balanced through developmental and homeostatic processes in multicellular organisms (Bolsover et al, 1997).1.1 Historical ContextsRig Veda, an ancient Indian scripture compiled five thousand years ago, and records the science of healing. A fatal throat tumor is described in Atharva Veda (Mehta and Bansal, 2004). The Egyptians (c. 1600 BC) were the first to realize that tumors developing in various parts of the body differ in their behaviors and therefore should be treated in different ways. References have also been made to treating such tumors by excision... half of the article... intense efforts are being made to discover new drugs and design better protocols for this cancer. Synthetic cancer drugs kill cancer cells but are also harmful to normal cells. Since the increased use of these drugs in cancer therapy leads to many unwanted side effects and risks, there is a worldwide trend to return to natural resources, i.e. traditional herbal preparations that are not only therapeutically effective but they are actually acceptable and economically advantageous. within reach of even the most needy people. The present study was undertaken to understand the efficacy of plants against hepatocarcinogenesis. Any practical solution in the fight against this terrible disease will certainly be of paramount importance. Overall, the integrated approach combining Western and herbal medicines to treat cancer has been relatively satisfactory.