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Reproductive System Cancer Research Paper

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Reproductive system cancers.By Aaron Brophy

There are many different types of cancers and each cancer has different origins, for example nervous system cancers originate in the nervous system.The different forms of cancers also have different treatments which are effective for that specific type but may make other cancers progress more for example proton therapy only works on cancers that have tumors with defined borders.however Reproductive cancers are cancers that affect the reproductive system.There are many different forms of reproductive cancers for both males and females,in both males and females there are ways to diagnose the cancer through different test or exams. For example prostate cancer which affects over 3 million men and the

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