In the event that a cancer is terminal, the patient with a cancer-resistant personality tends to live longer and better. Firstly, cancer is not a single disease but many. And just like there is no single cause or factor that triggers cancer growth, there is not a single, universal treatment that will cure it. Regardless of what type of therapy is used, however, patients can improve the effectiveness of whatever treatment method they are undergoing by utilizing certain techniques such as imaging which can stimulate the immune system and aid in the healing process. The term cancer is used to categorize any kind of malignant tumor growth.
Normal cells have a defined life span, roughly a few weeks to a few months.
When control of cell division is lost, the cell may go on dividing indefinitely. In other words it becomes immortal. The dividing cells proliferate, destroying adjacent tissues and taking away the nutrients that normal cells need to live and reproduce. One of the defining characteristics of all cancer cells is that they lose their ability to stay anchored to tissue. When tumor cells break loose from their home tissue, they travel through the blood and lymph and invade other areas of the body, where the process continues and new masses form.