The malignant tumors are formed by the cells which don't work normally. There are less malignant and more malignant tumors. It is very important to define if the tumor is less or more malignant. This fact has a practical significance.
Ninety per cent of malignant tumors are cancer. Till up to now the diagnosis of a malignant tumor sounds like a death sentence. But that is far from the truth. Nowadays modern medicine allows curing many tumors in one hundred per cent and has a lot of malignant transformation. But one shouldn't forget about early diagnosis. The earlier the tumor is noticed and the treatment is applied the better results will be. Nowadays there are many methods which allow noticing the malignant tumor on the early stage.
The malignant tumors form metastasis. Metastasis is when the tumor cells turn out in the blood vessels of different organs where they can form new cells. The time which is necessary for metastasis forming can be different. In some cases they appear very quickly, in other cases they appear in one-two years.
The tumor influence can be local and general. Local influence depends on its character - the benign tumor presses the matters and organs which are located next to it. The malignant tumors destroy them and lead to hard consequences.
The general influence takes place in the wrong metabolism process.
The beginning of the tumor development usually doesn't have any symptoms. So, in according to this fact people who are over thirty five years old and they complain of indifferent symptoms, they have to be examined. Very often the people with the malignant tumors complain of appetite fall, apathy and sickness in the morning and losing weight. Local symptoms can be chronicle disease of the stomach or pains in the breast.
During the malignant tumor definition one should pay attention to chronicle diseases, the patient profession and his harm habits. After general examination of the patient one defines the tumor size, its character and its location in the matters which are next to it. Also metastases are defined. The endoscopy is used during the malignant tumor definition. It gives possibility not only to examine any suspicious organ part, but to take a part for careful medical research.
Nowadays the practical medicine has many possibilities in the malignant tumor diagnostics. Usually the patient doesn't have any complaints on the early stage. That fact that the malignant tumor hasn't any symptoms can make the cancer diagnosis difficult. So, preventive diagnostics becomes more and more popular.
It is nice when a doctor knows symptoms of the malignant diseases on the early stages.
In the preventive work one can notice some stages. They are:
- Prevention of the tumor development - to carry different activities which include active rest, in time treatment of infections, normal food, stop smoking and usage of the alcohol.
- In time definition and right treatment of the growing tumor. This stage includes deep medical examination, planned treatment and constant control.
Thus, the malignant tumors are very dangerous. About ninety per cent from them is the cancer. So, it is very important to define them on the early stages. Nowadays different modern methods allow doing that.