Since cancer is a serious and critical condition, this should not be taken for granted. The best fighting tool for cancer is prevention, and to prevent cancer it is very important to detect cancer as early as possible before it rapidly spreads. To detect cancer you should be aware of the cancer symptoms.

The known signs of cancer is having a lump of the thickening in the testicles or the breast, changes in a mole or wart, a persistent sore throat that doesn't seem to heal or a skin sore, changes in bowel habits, coughing blood or the persistent coughing, trouble swallowing or the constant indigestion, vaginal discharge or unusual bleeding and the chronic fatigue. If you notice some of these symptoms then you should see a doctor to have a diagnosis.

Here are some of the cancer symptoms that might help you detect a specific kind of cancer:

Bladder cancer: the presence of blood in the urine, having the pain or burning during urination; cloudy urine and the frequent urination.
Bone cancer: having pain in the bone or the swelling around the area which is affected; bone fractures; fatigues; weakness; weight loss; repeated infections; vomiting; nausea; constipation; weakness or leg numbness; persistent bumps and bruises.

Brain cancer: abnormal eye movement or some changes in vision; dizziness; drowsiness; weakness; difficulties in walking or loss of feelings in arms and legs; changes in personality, speech and memory; headaches that is worst in the morning but tends to ease during the day.

Breast cancer: lump or breast thickening; discharge from the nipple; feeling of heat.

These are only some of the cancer symptoms that might help you identify if you have cancer or not.

Treating Cancer With Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is a term associated with the cancer treatment, by using chemicals and antineoplastic drug. Usually cancer cells grow and divide very fast. Chemotherapy works by attacking the cancer cells and stopping them from growing further. Most of the people suffering from cancer are treated with chemotherapy. It provides a healthy treatment of the disease and helps the patient to lead a normal life.
Chemotherapy is the process, where the cancer cells get killed and their further growth is restricted. It is either injected into the veins of the patients or given in the form of pills. There is a variation among every drug provided to the patients. This is because growth of some cancer cells are quick while some are slower and the drug requirement is different in both the cases. Though the results are positive in most of the cases, however, while applying it to the cancer cells, some of the normal growing cells also get affected, which in turn causes damage of blood cells and hair loss.

The plan designed for cancer treatment, by the doctors for every individual patient depends on the stage of advancement of the disease. Different patient reacts in different ways to the treatment. Applying chemotherapy can be interrupted due to low count of white blood cells. Hence, a proper schedule is maintained by the doctors for treating the same. Chemotherapy requires the patients to be capable of undergoing the treatment.

The long term effect of chemotherapy is that the patient's immune system becomes very weak and they stops responding to nutrition. People are often found afraid of chemotherapy, due to its side effects, like low count of red and white blood cells, hair loss, vomiting, nausea and fatigue. However, side effect management is possible this days and chemotherapy can be considered as a process with the best outcome.