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| Cancer remains a major health problem in the UK - 276,678 persons were diagnosed with cancer in 2003. Breast, lung, bowel (colorectal) and prostate - account for over half of all new cases of cancer. |
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| Overall it is estimated that approximately 2% of the population of the UK are alive having received a diagnosis of cancer: that is, around 1.2 million people. The single cancer that contributes most to this total is breast cancer, with an estimated 172,000 women alive who have had a diagnosis of breast cancer. |
| What causes cancer |
Cancer has many causes - carcinogens (something that is known to dirsctly be linked to cancer eg tobacco smoke, and some chemicals, but is also related to many different factors - “multifactorial - age, genetic makeup, your immune system, diet, the environment and cerain viruses.
There are over 200 types of cancer |
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| Reduce the risk |
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More than 1 in 3 people will develop cancer during their life time and half of all these cancers could be prevented
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Quit Smoking |
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| Nicorette website Quit smoking factsheet 1 NHS Quit smoking campaign |
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| Nutrition factsheet 1: “What is a healthy diet?” Nutrition factsheet 2 Nutrition factsheet 3 |
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| Worried about cancer |
Then please contact http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/ or http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Home they can help.
Most of the information on this page is from cancer research uk If you would like to support this wonderful charity please go to -
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