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Essay / Cancer - 2308
Cancer is a genetic disease because it can be attributed to an alteration of 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 lifetime of the affected person. As a result of these genetic changes, cancer cells proliferate out of control, producing malignant tumors that invade surrounding healthy tissue. As long as the 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 fatal secondary tumors (metastases) which are no longer accessible. to surgical removal. However, various exogenous and endogenous factors are known to affect the normal pattern of cell growth, whereby the cell becomes cancerous. The species specificity and identity of biological organisms are maintained by the unchanged genomic structure throughout their life period. The relationship between cell growth and cell death is strictly balanced by developmental and homeostatic processes in multicellular organisms (Bolsover et al, 1997).1.1 Historical backgroundRig Veda, an ancient Indian scripture compiled five thousand years ago, and records the science of healing. A fatal tumor in the throat is described in Atharva Veda (Mehta and Bansal, 2004). The Egyptians (around 1600 BC) were the first to understand that tumors appearing in various parts of the body differed in their behaviors and therefore needed to be treated in different ways. References have also been made to the treatment of such tumors by excision...... middle of article ...... striving 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 increasing use of these drugs in the treatment of cancer leads to many side effects and unwanted risks, there is a global trend to return to natural resources, that is, traditional herbal preparations that are not only therapeutically effective, but are actually acceptable and economically acceptable. within the reach of even the most needy people. The present study was undertaken to understand the effectiveness of plants against hepatocarcinogenesis. Any practical solution to combat this terrible disease is bound to be of paramount importance. Generally speaking, the integrated approach combining Western and herbal medicines to treat cancer has been found to be relatively satisfactory..