•                                                   Cancer Prevention



  • Cancer prevention is an action taken to lower the risk of getting cancer. This can include maintaining a healthy lifestyle, avoiding exposure to known cancer-causing substances, and taking medicines or vaccines that can prevent cancer from developing.

  • Between 30-50% of all cancer cases are preventable. Prevention offers the most cost-effective long-term strategy for the control of cancer.

  • Common cancers and food. Some common cancers may be affected by what we eat, such as lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and bowel cancer.

Lifestyle behaviors and environmental factors account for around 70-90% of cancer cases, according to new research published in the journal Nature. Share on Pinterest Researchers say up to 90% of cancer cases are caused by lifestyle and environmental factors, such as smoking.


In actual numbers, in 2015, poor diet was associated with over 52,200 colorectal cancer cases; over 14,400 mouths, pharynx, and larynx cancers; nearly 3,200 uterine cancers; just over 3,000 cases of breast cancer in postmenopausal women; 2,000 kidney cancers; nearly 1,600 stomach cancers; and 1,000 liver cancers.

Cells become cancerous after mutations accumulate in the various genes that control cell proliferation. According to research findings from the Cancer Genome Project, most cancer cells possess 60 or more mutations.


Cancers of America
  1.  Skin cancer. Skin cancer is divided into the non-melanoma and melanoma categories. 
  2.  Lung cancer. 
  3. Prostate cancer. 
  4. Breast cancer. 
  5. Colorectal cancer. 
  6. Kidney (renal) cancer. 
  7. Bladder cancer. 
  8.  Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.


Cancers Spread

When cancer spreads, it's called metastasis. In metastasis, cancer cells break away from where they first formed, travel through the blood or lymph system, and form new tumors in other parts of the body. Cancer can spread to almost anywhere in the body. But it commonly moves into your bones, liver, or lungs.


cancer-prevention tips.
  1. Don't use tobacco. Using any type of tobacco puts you on a collision course with cancer.
  2. Eat a healthy diet. 
  3. Maintain a healthy weight and be physically active. 
  4. Protect yourself from the sun. 
  5. Get vaccinated. 
  6. Avoid risky behaviors. 
  7. Get regular medical care.








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