We Can Protect Our Health From Cancer

Jan 24, 2017
2 min read

World Cancer Day is a day when the world unites to raise awareness of the disease and how it can be prevented.

We are joining this global event, are you?

The theme of this years World Cancer Day is "We can. I can." WE CAN PREVENT IT!

We are supporting this day by sharing knowledge about cancer and how it can be prevented. There are many ways to get involved.

To Get Involved CLICK HERE

Cancer

Cancer is an uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells, it is a chronic disease and the leading cause of death worldwide. Many of those who die did so prematurely because their cancer could have been prevented.

According to a 2012 report from the World Health Organization(WHO), about 8.2 million people die annually from cancer. This could be you, a family member or someone close to you.

These are the leading cancer deaths are:

Lung (1.59 million deaths)
Liver (745 000 deaths)
Stomach (723 000 deaths)
Colorectal (694 000 deaths)
Breast (521 000 deaths)
Oesophageal cancer (400 000 deaths) (1).

According to the report the 5 most common cancers among men were lung, prostate, colorectal, stomach, and liver cancer. Among women the 5 most common sites diagnosed were breast, colorectum, lung, cervix, and stomach.

The main risk factors for cancer are unhealthy lifestyle habits, fortunately these lifestyle habits are avoidable. They are:

Unhealthy eating
Too little physical activity or exercise
Smoking
Overweight
Over use of alcohol
Air pollution

Some cancers are a result of inherited genes and therefore unavoidable. Fortunately one can reduce the unavoidable risk factors like hereditary by controlling the avoidable ones such as unhealthy eating and smoking.

Prevent Cancer

-Cancer can be prevented by avoiding exposure to common risk factors, the lifestyle risk factors that cause them.

-Cancer can be cured, by surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy, especially if it is detected early.

-Prevention is better than cure, always.

-If diagnosed with cancer, making a lifestyle change to modify existing bad habits will aid recovery

Read the WCD messages from World Cancer Day organizers to all of us.

To download them, Click Here

Our Message To Support WCD

"Early Detection Will Save Lives."

Take Action.

-Protect your health by removing the avoidable risk factors that cause cancer.

-Self Care at home before symptoms develop.