Most living organisms are vulnerable to evolved flaws and attacks on their bodies, and of the most popular attacks is cancer, which is caused by the uncontrolled division of abnormal cells. Humans, as living organisms, are no exception to this phenomenon.
Scientists have developed several treatment techniques to battle this deadly illness. But the truth of the matter is that everyone will eventually get cancer if they live long enough— some people were simply unfortunate enough to catch the disease early in their lifetime.
Numerous reasons hold this truth to be evident. Ranging from genetic malfunctions to human influences, the body falls victim to its inner natural cycle and the rate at which cancerous cells emerge within.
For one, people are living much longer than ever before, meaning the general population (primarily in more developed countries) no longer passes away from so many things. The drastic increase in life expectancy is driven by improvements in sanitation, education, and medicine.
Still, the origins of this issue roots way back before the growth of ancient civilizations. The moment single-celled organisms began to clump their cells together to form multicellular beings, and in this process, numbers of genetic mistakes and mutations would take place.
This faulty operation would derive from an ongoing process of cellular division. Cells must divide as needed at a controlled rate, as each of them holds a specific position in organisms. Yet, rarely but surely, a few of them tend to divide without limits.
When a person is gradually diagnosed with cancer, it means that a serious mutation in their DNA has occurred from uncontrolled cellular division. Hundreds of mutations always take place in a day in a normal human body, but eventually one would push a cell to become cancerous.
And at this day and age, everything we do contributes to the formation of cancerous cells. What adds on to the load is the rate at which people are consuming unhealthy meals, polluting our environment, and encountering toxic chemicals.
Processed foods are a global demand for communities all over the world despite holding a large number of salts, fats, and calcium. Those consumption habits, including alcohol, can introduce mass populations to 12 types of cancer alone.
Most importantly, environmental factors are major contributors to cancer. One of the most common chemicals that we come in contact with is sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, sulfate acid, and more emitted from coal and heavy fuel-burning. Industrial and motor smog forms as the chemicals react together, which adds on to the growth of cancerous cells.
Of course, there are ways one can prevent cancer. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, avoiding exposure to harmful and toxic substances, and taking vaccines regularly are important measures to be taken to lower the risk of getting cancer at an early age.
However, despite how minimal the risks become, chances are that the disease will catch up with older age, and the inevitable would commence.
