According to studies and surveys by the American Cancer Society, in the year 2004 about 500,000 people in America alone would have died of cancer giving 1,500/fatalities a day. In the same year 1.4 million new cases would be detected without the inclusion of “in situ cancer” plus approximately a million cases of non-melanoma skin cancers, also for the same year.
As the statistics show, there is an ever-rising occurrence of the disease in it’s many forms and the drive for the decreasing of the number of afflicted members of society from behavioral and environmental factors. These factors can be summed up as, what you eat, drink, the lifestyle you live and even where you live can all be contributory factors in the risk you face in getting the disease.
March 10, 2010
Cancer : The Statistics you need to know
December 10, 2009
Breast Cancer Reduction Treatments have different results
The current practice of administering prevention surgery for women with breast cancers in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation bracket may have different results that previously expected. The risks are the same yet they may have different effects which may outweigh the risks of having the surgery in the first place. The study factored in the effect of genetics into the equation which was not considered in the past and it shows that a family history of the disease in women may provide varied results for sufferers. The cancer reducing operation coupled with the intake of cancer fighting drugs has produced results but this new study shows that the two types have different risks involved and that two different approaches should be devised for successful prevention and treatment.
November 5, 2009
Colonoscopy -Colorectal cancer screening
The process is quite unpleasant and requires a lot of time for the digestive tract has to be void of all contents before it can be done (imagine the mess it would create if it were full). Testing usually requires fasting for up to 12 hours before the exam during which the colon, through the rectum is flushed again and again to remove all contaminants which can impair the view of the colonoscopy scope. Once a cleared view of the colon is assured, the test continues with a lighted tube to which a camera is attached allowing viewing of the colon to find growths called polyps. Polyps are not cancerous but are considered to be the beginnings of such so dietary adjustments are required if they are to be tamed to prevent colorectal cancers. If polyps are found, regular exams are required to see if the polyps remain as polyps and do not progress into cancerous growth. For those who go thought the procedure, ask the doctor to increase the time they scan for these growths for studies in the US have shown that the standard exam to a maximum of almost 20 minutes increases the success of locating them by as much 10 times increasing accuracy.
October 17, 2009
Breast Cancer Myths
As with any disease, there are lots of myths surrounding the ability of a family member to develop the same form of disease. Some experts say there is no direct link to the said relation and your ability to get the same disease except perhaps for the same environmental factors which may be causing the disease to manifest in both of you. There is no solid scientific basis for cancer being inherited but it should be used as an indicator that you are susceptible to it. The size of breasts is also a point of contention for many claim that having large natural breasts are a sure sign of you being prone to getting breast cancer. Experts say there is also no medical foundation for the myth and that whatever size of breasts you may have; the best tool in the fight against cancer would be to get screened regularly. There are more myths regarding the disease and most are said to be just plain myth without scientific basis. The best tool for prevention and successful treatment is early detection which is the key.
September 2, 2009
Effects Of Tobacco
In any case, one-third of all cancer cases can be avoided. Anticipation tenders the majority of cost-effective long-standing approach for the management and supervision of cancer. Tobacco is the biggest avoidable cause of cancer in the globe these days. It is the source of 80-90% lung cancer deceases, and about 30% of all cancer fatality in rising countries, as well as casualty from cancer of the oral cavity, larynx, oesophagus and stomach. A widespread line of attack counting bans on tobacco promotion, sponsorships, and funding, implementation of tax increases on tobacco products, and cessation programmes that can lessen tobacco utilization in many countries.
August 29, 2009
Cancer Risk
Further examples of adaptable cancer risk factors comprises of alcohol consumption, physical sluggishness, and being obese. Based on epidemiologic confirmation, it is currently considered that keeping away from too much alcohol drinking, being physically lively, and keeping a suggested body weight, may all add to diminutions in threat of certain cancers; on the other hand, contrast with tobacco contact, the magnitude of its result is unassuming or small and the potency of confirmation is often weaker. Added lifestyle and environmental issues acknowledged to influence cancer risk contain certain sexual and reproductive practices, the exploit of exogenous estrogens, contact to ionizing radiation and ultraviolet radiation, specified occupational and chemical exposures, and contagious agents.
August 9, 2008
Cancer Prevention Diet and Nutrition:
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Current research indicates that the foods we ingest to our body can influence our risks to certain types of cancer. High energy and high fat diets can lead to obesity and are generally thought to increase the risk of some cancers. Plant-based diets high in fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes and wholegrain foods may help to prevent cancer.
Diet is just one of the lifestyle factors that influence the risk of developing cancer.
Smoking, obesity, alcohol, sun exposure and physical activity levels are also important.
Foods to limit in your diet or eat less of include: Fatty processed red meats ,Highly processed foods that are low in fibre Heavily salted and pickled foods.
Foods to eat more The strongest protective anti-cancer effect has been shown with: Vegetables, especially raw vegetables or salads ,Leafy green vegetables, carrots,Tomatoes,Citrus fruits ,Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, bok choy and other Asian greens.
July 1, 2008
Immunization and it’s role in Cancer Prevention
Certain cancers can be avoided if proper immunization has been administered like Hepatitis and HPV both of which are viral diseases. These diseases are known to cause liver and cervical cancer in certain individuals the later being a sexually transmitted disease. Decision on whether one would benefit from the said vaccines is left to professionals so seek advice from your doctor to see how much benefit one can be gained from their administration. The vaccine for HPV has been approved by the US FDA in 2006 and is now available on the market.
May 26, 2008
On Cancer Prevention
A great deal of the assurance for cancer prevention comes from observational epidemiologic examination so as to show associations amid modifiable everyday life factors or ecological contact and definite cancers. Confirmation is currently up-and-coming from randomized forbidden trials intended to test whether interventions recommended by the epidemiologic studies, in addition to guides found on laboratory research, consequence in reduced cancer occurrence and death. The majority reliable finding, more than a decade of study, is the strong connection among tobacco use and cancers of many spots. Numerous of epidemiologic studies have long-established this relationship. Additional support comes from the information that lung cancer fatality rates in the United States have echoed smoking patterns, with add to in smoking afterward dramatic increases in lung cancer mortality rates and, more lately, diminishes in smoking followed by reduction in lung cancer death rates in men.
May 23, 2008
Vitamin D
For years, researchers have baffled over why well-off northern nations have cancer rates numerous times higher than those in budding countries — and many have placed the guilt on risky impurities discharged out by industry. But study into vitamin D is signifying both a reasonable answer to this medicinal enigma and a unorthodox notion: that cancers and other syndromes in wealthy countries aren’t caused mostly by toxins but by a vitamin insufficiency identified to be less discriminating or even absent in poor nations. Not everybody is enthusiastic to jump on the vitamin D bandwagon just until now. Perhaps, vitamin D’s end product is about to go off.