5. How did Henrietta Lacks get cancer?
In 1957 Lack went to the hospital because of abnormal pains and bleeding in her abdomen and physician Jones diagnosed her with cervical cancer. Her cells grew out of control, which caused them to be malignant, cancerous cells. And from our reading, we learned that cells that grow out of control leads to tumors. Lacks went to Johns Hopkins because it was the only hospital that treated African-Americans. Cervical cancer is caused by a virus called human papillomavirus or HPV, which one can get by transmitting it from someone who already has it. Cervical cancer can be treated if founded at an early stage. Even after special treatment like radiation treatment (which was done by inserting tubes of radium around the cervix and then sewing them in place) and X-Ray treatment, the cancer spread. Lacks died on October 4, 1951 because of this threatening cancer.
In 1957 Lack went to the hospital because of abnormal pains and bleeding in her abdomen and physician Jones diagnosed her with cervical cancer. Her cells grew out of control, which caused them to be malignant, cancerous cells. And from our reading, we learned that cells that grow out of control leads to tumors. Lacks went to Johns Hopkins because it was the only hospital that treated African-Americans. Cervical cancer is caused by a virus called human papillomavirus or HPV, which one can get by transmitting it from someone who already has it. Cervical cancer can be treated if founded at an early stage. Even after special treatment like radiation treatment (which was done by inserting tubes of radium around the cervix and then sewing them in place) and X-Ray treatment, the cancer spread. Lacks died on October 4, 1951 because of this threatening cancer.
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