CANCER
Cancer
INTRODUCTION: key factual statistics
• Cancer is the worlds leading mortality factor with approximately 14 million new cases and 8.2 million cancer related deaths in 2012 .
• And this number is expected to increase by almost 70% over the next 20 years.
• lung, prostate, colorectum, stomach, and liver cancer were the 5 most common cancers diagnosed with men ( researched by World Health Organisation in 2012 ).
• While in women breast, colorectum, lung, cervix, and stomach cancer were the leading 5 among them ( researched by World Health Organisation in 2012 )
• Approximately 30% of cancer deaths caused are due to the 5 leading behavioural and dietary risks such as ,obesity over the average more suitable weight , low fruit ,vegetable, and other vital mineral intake, lack of physical activity, the use of certain narcotics and more especially the use of tobacco substances, alcohol abuse .
• The inhalation of tobacco , more commonly known as smoking tobacco is one of the leading factors of cancer causing more than 20% of global cancer deaths and approximately 70% of the worldwide lung cancer deaths.
• About 60% of world’s total new annual cases occur in Africa, Asia and Central and South America. These continents are liable for approximately 70% of the world’s cancer deaths .
• It is predicted that the annual cancer cases will increase from 14 million in 2012 to 22 million within the next 20 years.
• These statistics are from the latest
Scientists are sure there are many more they just have not yet been diagnosed. The cancers that are most common in women are breast cancer and cancer of the uterus. The cancers that are most common in men are lung cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer. Lung cancer kills more than 50,000 men a year. More men are likely to get lung cancer because in general men smoke more than women. Along with these leading cancers among women and men there are several other cancers that are common in both. Cancers of the colon, rectum, and large intestine kill more than 45,000 Americans a year (Altman and Sang 78). With numbers like that a person may begin to wonder if anyone survives the cancer
leading cause of cancer related mortality within the community for both men and women was
In America, there are many studies on the relationship between tobacco use and cancer that was conducted. These studies estimate that about a third of cancer deaths related to tobacco use. Tobacco causes approximately 90% of all deaths from lung cancer and smoking also causes cancer in many other parts of the body like pharynx, larynx, esophagus, pancreas, uterus, cervix, kidney, bladder, colon and rectum. To reduce the risk of tobacco-related diseases, the health educators may find information on the Web site “http://www.nobutts.org” to give their audiences necessary information to help them quit smoking.
The CDC estimates that each year, more than eight million people are diagnosed, and consequently died from cancer, and this statistic was even higher in the 1950s. During this period, little was known of cancer’s effects on the
Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with approximately 14 million new cases in 2012.2 The amount of new cases is expected to rise by about 70% over the next 2 decades. Cancer which causes nearly 1 in 6 deaths, is the second leading cause of death globally, and was responsible for 8.8 million deaths in 2015. Approximately 70% of deaths from cancer occur in low- and middle-income countries. In 2012 about 14.1 million new cases of cancer occurred globally (not including skin cancer other than melanoma).3 The most common types of cancer in males are lung cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and stomach cancer.
Cancer is the main cause of death in the world, estimating 8.2 million fatalities in 2012 alone
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