{"id":378,"date":"2015-07-12T16:24:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T22:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cancercelltreatment.com\/?p=378"},"modified":"2024-02-19T15:35:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T21:35:22","slug":"cancer-cell-death-what-happens-to-dead-cancer-cells-in-the-human-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cancercelltreatment.com\/2015\/07\/12\/cancer-cell-death-what-happens-to-dead-cancer-cells-in-the-human-body\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the body die from cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
When a cancer cell is killed or dies, an immune response occurs. It means many things that are involved with the immune system are happening. One of the body's many partners in the immune system is the macrophage cell.<\/span><\/p>\n A macrophage cell can detect dead cells through smell, much like a scavenger bird detects dead animals. Whenever dead cells reach the part of the bloodstream patrolled by a macrophage, the macrophages surround them and convert dead cancer cells into easily removed components called \"<\/span>Efferocytosis<\/span><\/a>.\"<\/span><\/p>\n All living (human) cells have a \"cell membrane\" around their outside that separates them from each other and all the other stuff in our tissues. Also, cells have \"organelles\" inside them (a nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes, lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, etc.), and membranes surround some structures.<\/span><\/p>\n The membranes are critical because they keep everything in its place. Imagine a zip-lock bag that keeps stuff separated in your picnic cooler. The membranes around the lysosomes are vital because they contain the enzymes that cells use to digest their food.<\/span><\/p>\n (There are two main ways a cell can die ~ necrosis or apoptosis). Regardless of what causes a cell to die, whether it's a lack of oxygen, physical damage,\u00a0<\/span>chemical poisoning<\/span><\/a>, energy starvation,\u00a0<\/span>nutrient overload<\/span><\/a>, etc., the outcome will be the same.<\/span><\/p>\nOkay, so what happens after a cell dies?<\/h3>\n