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Cancer Is A Lifestyle Disease! Up To 50% Of The Cancers Are Preventable

A good awareness needs to be created so that we can adopt a healthy lifestyle and prevent cancers with these simple measures. Get more information from Cancer surgeon in Delhi.

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Cancer Is A Lifestyle Disease! Up To 50% Of The Cancers Are Preventable

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  1. Cancer Is A Lifestyle Disease! Up To 50%OfTheCancersArePreventable ANOUNCEOF PREVENTIONISWORTH A POUNDCURE Canceris agrowingmenace.ICMRestimatesthatby2025therewouldbe15.7 lakh patientsofcancerinthecountry.AccordingToWHO(2020),1in10Indianswill develop cancer in their lifetime and 1 in 15 will die of disease.Such is the magnitude of thedisease.Canceristhethirdleadingcauseof deathamongstNon- Communicable Diseases. The important thing to note here is that approximately 50% of the cancers would be due to factors which are modifiable. It implies that if we able to change or reduce these factors,we canpreventasizablenumberofcancercasesandresulting deaths. The majormodifiablefactorsandresultingcancersasfollows:

  2. TosumupCancersrelatedtosmoking,alcohol,HBV,andHCVinfectionaremore commonin menthanwomen. Also,Cancersrelated toexcess bodyweight,HPV infection andphysical inactivityaremorecommon in women(constitutingbreast, endometrialandcervicalcancers) • InastudydoneinUSA,Cigarettesmokingwas associated with29%of cancer • deaths.Similarly,Alcoholconsumptionswaslinkedto4%deathsrelatedtocancer. Similaristhecase withexcessivebodyweightandphysical inactivity. • Howto reducetheriskforcancerdevelopment? • Stay away from tobacco. Tobacco in any form is equally harmful be it cigarette, bidi, gutkha orkhaini. Stayawayfromtheseaddictingmaterials. • StopAlcohol • Keepyour weightin healthy range. • Bephysicallyactive:dailywalk,running,exercise • Maintain good dietaryhabits: • Eatadiet richinwholegrains,vegetable,fruits,andbeans • Limitconsumptionofnon-vegetarianfoodespeciallyredmeat • Limitconsumptionof fastfoodsandhighsugars

  3. Consumegood amountof water • Limit consumptionofartificialsweeteners • Takeproperavailablevaccinations:HepatitisBandHPV vaccinations • If afamilyhistoryofcanceristhere,getyourselfcheckedup bythedoctorsas advisable. • Agoodawarenessneedstobecreatedsothatwe canadopt ahealthylifestyleand prevent cancerswiththesesimplemeasures. • REMEMBER-ACLEVERPERSONSOLVESTHEPROBLEMAWISE PERSON AVOIDSIT Contactusonline or giveusa callat+91-9667365169/9811392062today! ||

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