Cancer is the second most life-threatening disease in the world but how much do we actually know about this disease? Are you keeping Cancer Awareness as a priority?

PharmEasy gets you a list of 12 facts about Cancer awareness you should know, this instance.

1) Cancer is a lifestyle disorder more than anything else!

Cancer can be blamed on genetics only about 5%. It is the common environmental factors, habits, lifestyles, etc that increase the risk of cancer being prevalent through generations. This means that if cancer has been running in your family, it is NOT necessary that you will suffer from it too. A simple change in your lifestyle, diet and making exercise a part of your routine may help to manage and stay away from cancer.

2) What exactly is Cancer?

Simply put, cancer is the abnormal growth of cells that multiply and spread throughout the body, damaging normal healthy cells along the way. Collectively put, cancer is a term assigned to over 100 diseases.

3) Foodstuff can lead to Cancer too!

Watch what you eat! Sodium and Potassium Nitrates are common chemical additives used to preserve food and add flavour to them. These, when heated and ingested, react with the chemicals in the body and convert nitrates to nitrites, which is a known carcinogen.

4) Combat Cancer by Eating Right

Tackle all the toxins by eating right. Dark Chocolate, Kale, Garlic, Avocados, turmeric, Berries, Green tea are a few foods that you can eat that will help target and destroy cancer cells.

5) Slimmer your waistline, slimmer the risk of cancer

Shed the extra kilos, shed your chances of Cancer. Obese people are at a higher risk of cancer and have low chances of survival once they are diagnosed with cancer.

6) Cancer’s stealth mode

Ovarian cancer, Lung cancer or Colon cancer have no noticeable symptoms till the cancer cells spread throughout the body. Regular health check-ups are a necessity considering our lifestyle.

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7) Keep cigarettes and Cancer at bay!

Smoking makes cancer worse. If a cancer patient smokes, his chances of survival drop to as low as 3%. Smoking attributes to 90% of lung cancer.  

8) Common cancer categories

Cervical, colorectal cancer and breast cancer are the most common types of cancer women are diagnosed with, whereas it is lung, stomach and prostate cancer that attacks men.

9) Advancing age invites Cancer

Cancer is prevalent especially among people above the age of 55. 77% of the cancer patients are of this age group.

10) Sleep your way to good health

If you are sleep deprived i.e. if you are getting less than six hours of sleep in a day, you are at a greater risk of developing Colon cancer.

11) Cancer isn’t as diabolic as it was earlier

Cancer is now turning a little less grim. Precision medicine that matches the genetic makeup of the patient and the tumour is being used to cure individual patients.

12) Hope keeps us alive

If you are diagnosed with cancer, don’t lose hope. 50% of the cancers and cancer-related deaths are preventable.
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