Cancer And Treatment Of Cancer

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Cancer
The number of new cases of cancer is 454.8 per 100,000 men and women per year based on 2008-2012 cases. In 2016, an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 595,690 people will die from the disease. Survival rates are improving for many people with cancer, especially for those diagnosed at younger ages but, cancer is still a leading cause of death in the United States, but advances in radiation, chemotherapy and targeted treatments have improved survival, especially for cancer of the breast, prostate, lung, liver and colon (Rosen, 2016). Different types of cancers are constantly evolving, so the question here is...are cancer treatments improving?
How Has Cancer Rates Changed Now from Then?
According to the website WebMD the United States has the seventh highest cancer rate in the world Half of us will hear the words “you have cancer” at some point in our lives (2005). That’s a stark figure. And it’s a reminder, that should remind all of us, of the challenge we face in beating this disease. This is not to say we are not making progress: more people are beating cancer today than ever before. Survival has doubled in the last 40 years(2005). More than three-quarters of all people diagnosed with cancer are over the age of 60. Because cancer is a disease of our genes the bits of DNA code that hold the instructions for all of the microscopic machinery inside our cells. Over time, mistakes accumulate in this code – scientists can now see them stamped in cancer’s DNA. And it’s these mistakes that can kick start a cell’s journey towards becoming cancerous. The longer we live, the more time we have for errors to build up. As time passes, our risk of developing cancer goes up, as we a...

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...n linked to cancer, too. Being exposed to or working with them can increase a person’s risk of cancer. Call us to learn more about the carcinogens (substances that cause cancer) that may be around you, or see the “Other Carcinogens” section of our website.
Cancers are constantly evolving, Jan 24, 2011 About 300 of every 100,000 Americans develop cancer each year, which means the U.S. has the seventh highest cancer rate in the world.The good news is that scientists estimate up to one-third of the most common cancers can be prevented by maintaining a healthy weight, being more physically active, and eating more healthfully. The high cancer incidence in the U.S. and other countries is not inevitable, Lifestyle changes can really make a difference. For example, maintaining a healthy weight throughout life could prevent more than 100,000 incidences of cancer (Rosen, 2010).

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