How do cancers kill people?

Many people have questions about how cancer can kill you. Not all cancers cause death. Firstly, it's important to say that not all cancers kill you. Overall, more than 50% of people diagnosed with cancer live for more than 5 years. Some cancers have survival rates of more than 90%. Cancer at an early stage does not kill you. read more

Generally speaking, if cancer spreads to take over a part of the body that performs an essential function this can kill you. For example, if the cancer is growing in part of the digestive system, it can prevent the digestion and absorption of food. read more

Cancer can kill a person in many ways- emotionally and scientifically. Emotional cause: a cancer patient loses hope, feels like a burden on family and society, goes through innumerable sympathy talks, deprived financially or his psyche is just not able to bear so much pain. read more