12 Cancer Facts You Need to Pay Attention To

What can you do to lower your risk and prevent cancer from stealing your life or the life of someone you love? In order to conquer this disease, what you need is knowledge. Informing yourself of important cancer facts and understanding who is most at risk, as well as the factors that increase your cancer risk will reduce your risk significantly. Here are 12 cancer facts you need to pay attention to.

1. Half of all cancers and cancer-related deaths are preventable.

Research suggests that only 5% of cancers are hereditary. This indicates that many cancers are caused by the lifestyle choices we make. The food we eat and our physical activity levels have a direct impact on our overall cancer risk.

2. Cancer is one name that is assigned to more than 100 diseases

Cancer is a result of abnormal cells that multiply and spread out of control, damaging healthy cells along the way.

3. Environmental factors can increase your risk of cancer.

Factors such as pollution, heavy metal, toxicity and household cleaning products can increase your risk of cancer.

4. Smoking causes more than 90 % of all lung cancer cases.

Most lung cancers do not cause any symptoms until the cancer has spread. But some people with early lung cancer do notice symptoms like a cough that does not go away, chest pain that gets worse with deep breathing, coughing or laughing, weight loss and loss of appetite, and more.

5. Less than 6 hours of sleep per night can increase your risk of colon cancer.

Sleeping through the night provides many health benefits to the body. It is one of the most underestimated ways to keep your body strong and cancer-free.

6. On a global scale 1 in every 8 deaths is caused by cancer.

Cancer causes more deaths than malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined.

7. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women

According to the National Cancer Institute, 232,340 female breast cancers and 2,240 male breast cancers are reported in the USA each year, as well as 39,620 deaths caused by the disease.

8. Stomach, lung and prostate cancers are the most common diseases for which men and women are diagnosed.

Research shows that survival rates for lung cancer are less than 2%.
 

 

9. Approximately.77% of all cancers diagnosed are in people aged 55 and older.

While anyone can develop cancer, the risk of getting it increases with age. Most cases tend to occur in middle-aged adults or older.

10. Obesity increases your risk of cancer and affects your chances of survival if you be diagnosed with cancer.

Studies indicate that the possible reason obesity is linked to cancer is because of increased levels of insulin and insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) which may help some cancers develop.

11. The number of detected with skin cancer increases steadily each year.

Though contrary to popular belief, sun exposure is actually good for you. Spending about 30 minutes of early morning or late afternoon sun on your hands and face is enough to get your recommended dose of vitamin D.

12. Healthy cells have a built-in ability to self-destruct to protect rest of the body when damage is present.

This is known as apoptosis or 'cell suicide'.

 

 

 

This is only for your information, kindly take the advice of your doctor for medicines, exercises and so on.   

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