12:52 PM
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Written by – Nada Sami
The artist, Hisham Selim, passed away this morning, at the age of 64, after a struggle with cancer, after which he spent the last period of his life inside and outside the hospital.
The Conselto reviews, in the next report, how cancer leads to death.
Why does cancer lead to death?
Dr. Amr Attia, Professor of Oncology Surgery at the National Cancer Institute, says that cancerous tumors are among the deadly diseases that take the lives of some patients, and the extent of the damage caused by cancer on the body varies according to its type, extent of spread, time of discovery and treatment stages.
He points out that cancers of all kinds take over the affected organ and hinder it from performing its function, as cancer cells feed on the food designated for human cells, and secrete some harmful substances that reach and affect the rest of the body’s organs.
Attia explains that cancerous tumors expand inside the body and expel normal cells from their place, and secrete substances that disrupt the functioning of the heart, lung, or brain, especially if the tumors reach the lymphocytes.
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How do different types of cancers affect the body?
In the same regard, Dr. Fouad Abdel Shaheed, Professor of Oncology Surgery at the National Cancer Institute, explained that the effect of each tumor varies according to the affected organ, and identified the most common types of cancer and the extent of their impact on the body, noting that the matter varies from one patient to another according to age, health status and extent The spread of the disease in the body, as follows:
Leukemia causes weakening and destruction of immunity, as well as bleeding and severe anemia, which leads to a drop in blood circulation.
Lung cancer causes lung failure and loss of breathing until the patient is exposed to suffocation.
Breast cancer spreads to the lung, causing suffocation, and affects the bone marrow and blood.
Pancreatic cancer spreads to the bones, affects the nerves, and causes weight loss and decreased blood circulation.
Liver cancer spreads to cause liver failure and kidney failure.
Cancer of the stomach, colon, or intestines may lead to intestinal obstruction that leads to loss of the ability to eat, inability to excrete, as well as a feeling of suffocation.
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