How+can+you+tell+if+somebody+has+cancer?

__**HOW CAN YOU TELL IF SOMEBODY HAS CANCER?**__

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A person going through chemo, or who has cancer is usually pale, weak, might show signs of nausea, fatigue. They sometimes have a 'gray' look to their skin. They have usually lost weight, maybe a lot, from both the cancer and the treatments which can make it hard for them to eat.

There are alot of different kinds of cancer,some you can see and some you cannot. Skin cancer you can see and it is a result of too much sun. It doesn't cause hair loss, as that is caused by the treatment for cancer.

Cancer its self doesn't cause hair loss or pale and weak looks to your body it is the cancer treatments that cause the strange reaction.

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Cancer is one of the most challenging diseases and fears to overcome. It has token millions of lives on earth. But, how do we know if cancer enters our body. Many signs and symptoms can let you know if cancer has hit you. Most people know if people have cancer: hair loss and pale white skin. But there's much more symptoms than just physically. Here are __only__ some of the symptoms cancer can cause. There is random unexplained weight. If you have been eating healthy on a daily basis and been working and and have been losing weight drastically, cancer may have been causing this. Another one is skin color. Not only cancer has the chemicals to turn your body to just white. It has the ability to change you skin color to yellow, red and can turn your skin darker than usual.

Sterling Wong

http://www.cancer.org/

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