Question 1

how can  cancer kill you?

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Organ failure: Death from cancer can occur in many ways :
1. Organ failure- primary cause of death is due to spread of malignant cells leading to vital organ failure (lung, liver, brain, and/or bone marrow)
2. Embolus- deposit into the lung, heart, or brain
3. Infection- due to increased suseptibility from bone marrow occupation or treatment induced white blood cell count decrease.

Question 2

which types of cancers are there that kill within a year?

Accepted Answer

Unpredictable in any: Cancer in general has an unpredictable course when taking the case of one individual. We know there are more curable and less curable cancers. The worst ones are lung cancer, pancreas cancer and glioblastoma. But some of the blood cancers and melanomas can kill in less than one year of diagnosis.

Question 3

how much time would any sort of metatstic cancer take to kill you?

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Variable: People with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors can live comfortable for decades despite their being incurable. Many cancers are curable nowadays despite metastases.

Question 4

is cancer always bad? can my cancer get cancer? and if so would it kill my cancer or just give me extra cancer?

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Cancer : Cancer is simply described as the harmful and uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. These cells grow and divide and form malignant tumors that can invade healthy tissue and organs, as well as other parts of the body (metastasis).
Within the same tumor, it is possible for sub-populations of other kinds of cancer cells to be present in a tumor that are competing for the same resources.
 If you are asking if a tumor can grow upon another tumor, then technically, the answer is yes. However, this would be an extension of the existing tumor since several types of mutated cells can exist within one tumor. While one sub-population of cells can out grow the other, these cells would not necessarily 'kill off'the cancer. The tumor would most likely continue to grow and spread.

Question 5

what are the most killing types of cancer?when can we expect a cure?i think it kills to mutch...just in my family there were three cases!

Accepted Answer

A complex question: Cancer is class of illnesses, not just one. Lethality of cancers varies- some are relatively rare but very deadly to those who get them (e.g. Esophageal), some are very survivable but so common that a lot of people still die of them (e.g. Breast, prostate). Colon, lung, breast, and prostate kill the most people. Therapies and screening are improving, but there is unlikely ever to be a single cure.

Question 6

how can cancer fighting kill cancer cells?

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What do you mean....: .....By &quot;cancer fighting&quot;?  Chemo?  Radiation?  Biological and targeted therapy?  Hormones?  Surgery?  Kung fu fighting?  Each one (except the last one, that&#x27;s a 70s song) attacks cancer in a different way. You need to be a bit more specific.

Question 7

could testicular cancer actually kill you?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Testicular cancer is very curable, even when advanced but unfortunately some patients will die of it regardless. If this is about you, look at it from the optimistic side: your odds should be quite good.

Question 8

how does lungs cancer kill u? and what happen to u?

Accepted Answer

Cancer and death: Lung cancer can cause death through different mechanism- among of them will include-
1. Respiratory failure- due to the obstruction of major airway or massive involvement of lung cancer to lung/chest cavity
2 infection due to poor nutrition status
3 coughing up blood/hemoptysis- resulting in aspiration
4 blood clots in the lung
5 spreading to brain causing increase pressure in the brain and death.

Question 9

can jaundice cancer kill me?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Cancer that causes jaundice may originate from the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, small bowel, or pancreas.  Other tumors start in other locations and spread to the areas i just mentioned.  Typically these types of tumors are aggressive and can ultimately cause death if they are not effectively treated.  Talk to an oncologist to find out more.

Question 10

help please? what is the fastest killing cancer disease?

Accepted Answer

AML: All cancers develop over time and are asymptomatic, but especially in the old days, it was common for acute myelogenous leukemia to declare itself symptomatically and the patient die within a few days, from hemorrhage or bacterial infection.

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