Top 10 Most Deadliest Cancers

Do you believe about 13% of total deaths in the year 2007-2008 are caused by the dangerous curse that we know by the name Cancer. It had been the cause for about 7.9 million deaths all over the globe in the specified year. These stats were recovered from the surveys of World Health Organisation (WHO). This rate is climbing day by day and affecting our lives. Let us know about the major types of cancers that are prevailing in our society and corroding our society and lives.

The most deadliest cancers that prevails in our society are as follows :-

1. Bronchial cancer and lung cancer :- This deadly cancer was responsible for about 8 lac lives all over the globe. This cancer is caused by the factors like prolonged exposure to environmental pollutants and consuming tobacco in different forms including smoking. It is common in age group of 55-65 yrs.

2. Colon and Colorectal cancer :- This cancer has ended up the lives of about 3 lac people. This very type of cancer affects the tissues of the colon and also develop near the end of large intestine  near anus. This is caused due to the dietary factors like poor diet, wrong practices of eating and drinking. Risk of this cancer increases if the diet is rich in non vegetarian food stuff.

3. Breast cancer :- It has been estimated that about 2.5 lac lives are affected by breast cancer. It is the second most prevalent cancer in women in America.

4. Pancreatic cancer :- The expected pancreatic diagnosed cases are about 2 lac. Pancreatic cancer affect the pancreatic tissue which are responsible for the digestion activities and metabolism in the body. Its affects the whole digestion metabolism of the body.

5.Prostate cancer :- It is the second largest reason for death in men by cancers. It has affected nearly 1.75 lac lives. Its target area is near prostate which forms the carrying fluid for the sperms.

6. Leukemia :- Leukemia has affected about 1 lac lives. There are numerous types of leukemia and all the leukemia affects the blood manufacturing tissues such as bone marrow and affect the concentration of blood components.

7. Non- Hodgkin lymphoma :- It is a type of blood cancer and has affected more than a lac lives. This type of cancer affects the lymphocytes of the blood which are responsible for maintaining the immunity of the body.

8. Liver cancer :- It is the most commonest cancer that is affecting the lives of people all over the globe. It does not directly affect liver but is  spread to liver from various other parts.

9. Ovarian cancer :- It is the commonest cancer in women. Its cure is easy but its detection is difficult. It has affected about 75 K lives.

10. Esophageal cancer :- It is more common in men than women and affected about 60 K lives and this cancer starts from the cells of the food pipe and spread to other parts leading to major problems.

These above stated cancers are the major and deadliest cancers that has engulfed maximum lives.

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National Cancer Institute

  

CANCER : A curse to mankind...

CANCER : The name seems to be deadly now a days as cancer is the reason for maximum number deaths worldwide. According to the data collected by different agencies who are in involved in research work of cancer estimated that in 2007, 13% of deaths(approximately 7.9 million) are caused  by cancer worldwide and these death rates are climbing even more as the mass lifestyle is changing at very fast rate due to changes and developments prevailing in society. What kind of devil is this???

Cancer involves a wide group of diseases in which involves growth of cells in an abnormal fashion. It is also known by its medical name that is malignant neoplasm. Cancer is a situation in which cells divide rapidly and sooner they lost control over their cell multiplication and form a lump of uncontrolled cells that is known as tumor and these tumors can also attack the nearby organs by invading them. Tumors may also invade or enter into far flung body parts through blood stream.

As stated above cancer is a wide group of diseases and it does not grow at once. It does not spread to other parts of the body in early stages but it may spread if cancer is not diagnosed at early stage. There are more than 200 different type of cancer that can affect us. These may include lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, blood cancer, prostate cancer and much more.

Now the question arises that how cancer is caused? The causes of cancer are partially known to us. Its very complex to exactly state the cause of  cancer but there are so much things which are supposed to increase the risk of cancer such as obesity, very less physical activity, chewing of tobacco, prolonged exposure to sunlight, exposure to radiations and environmental pollutants such as emissions from motor vehicles and factories. All these stated factors can increase the risk of cancer by causing cancerous mutations in our genes by manipulating them. Many cancers can be prevented by taking care of small small things like not to smoke, to eat as many as vegetables and fruits, minimizing sun radiation, to exercise daily, taking food full in whole grains, avoiding fried dishes and minimization of meat and non-veg food.

However cancer start taking its place silently but we can take care of ourselves by keeping in mind the symptoms of cancer so that it can be diagnosed at early stage and we can protect ourselves from this dangerous curse. Some general symptoms of cancer can be sudden loss of weight, formation of lump on and inside the body, bleeding from open holes of body, loss of appetite, dizziness, prolonged coughing and any sort of unwanted pain in the body. Cancer can be predicted by these symptoms and after this we must go for whole body screening and medical imaging. In this whole of body is examined and if any sort of cancer is detected it is then diagnosed by carrying out biopsy in which cells of infected tissue are observed under microscope and behavior of these cells can further led to the treatment of cancer.

Cancer is usually treated with the techniques radiation therapy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery. There are a very few patients also which are cured with the help of Ayurveda treatments. We cannot predict the chances of survival for this deadly disease or we can say deadly curse as the chances vary according to the extent of tumor or cancer and also the location of disease.

REFERENCES:
American Cancer Society
Wikipedia
National Cancer Institute
WebMD