Turacoz Insights: Can cancer awareness noise make a difference?

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How can cancer awareness help us?

The Cancer Research UK, has estimated the risk of a newborn child has of being diagnosed with cancer at some point during its life. The results are quite shocking with more than one in three people in the UK getting some cancer during their lifetime.

The American Cancer Society, estimates the risk of developing a cancer at all invasive sites as 1 in 2 males with a mortality of 1 in 4 males. In the females the corresponding figures are 1in 3 for developing cancer at all invasive sites and 1 in 5 as the risk of dying due to cancer.

So developing a cancer is not something that cannot happen to you. The one difference that an individual can make in his life is by taking the informed decision to be aware of the types of cancer, what factors increase the probability of developing cancer and how to get it diagnosed on time with regular checkups and screening methods so that a disease like cancer can be fought with

Some of the factors that increase the cancer risk, according to the National Cancer Institute are:

1. Chemicals/Environment
1. Asbestos
2. Formaldehyde
3. Hair dyes
2. Food
1. Acrylamide
2. Alcohol
3. Artificial sweeteners
4. Fluorinated water
3. Lifestyle habits
4. Genetic factors
1. BRCA1 and BRCA2
2. TP53
3. PTEN
4. APC
5. MEN1
5. Hormones
1. Diethylstilbesterol
2. Menopausal factors
3. Oral contraceptive
6. Infectious agents
1. HIV
2. HPV
3. Helicobacter pylori
7. Radiation
8. Sunlight
9. Tobacco
10. Weight and physical activity

Bringing better cancer awareness among the population by individual, community and government levels will go a long way in reducing the incidence, and improving the health economics. About 4/10 cancer cases can be prevented by making lifestyle changes like:

1. Quit smoking
2. Healthy diet
1. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables
2. Limit fat
3. Drink alcohol in moderation
3. Maintain a healthy body weight and be physically active 
4. Avoid excessive sun exposure
5. Get immunized
1. Hepatitis B
2. Human papilloma virus
6. Avoid risky behaviors
1. Safe sex
2. Do not share needles
7. Regular medical checkup with screening for specific cancer

As a socially responsible medical communication company, Turacoz is dedicated to spread the word on cancer by conducting awareness campaigns for cancer and reaching out to the healthcare fraternity and decision makers to get their viewpoint on this issue.

Our aim is to

 Prevent benign from becoming malignant.

Read more at

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/

http://www.cancer.gov/
http://www.mayoclinic.org/