WORLD CANCER DAY TODAY !
PREVALENCE OF LIFE STYLE ORIENTED CANCERS IN INDIA ;
In addition to the genetic link as the cause of all cancers, cancer development has been linked to several risk factors including an unhealthy lifestyle – tobacco use, cigarette smoking and excess consumption of alcohol, wrong diet habits and physical inactivity. Studies report that because of tobacco chewing, cigarette smoking and eating paan and gutka, people in India have 25 times the average risk of developing oral cancer. In fact, India has the world's highest incidence of oral cancer, with 75,000 to 80,000 new cases a year. Lung cancer is another most common cancer amongst men in India. Cigarette smoking, bidi smoking and tobacco use are the main culprits. Besides, air pollution has become a great threat to lungs. Kolkata is considered the most polluted city followed by Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. More than 18 persons per one lakh people in Kolkata fall victim to lung cancer every year as compared to the next highest 13 per one lakh in Delhi, according to environmental scientist and advisor of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), Dr Twisha Lahiri. Eating salty, spicy and pickled food and excessive alcohol consumption may be associated with stomach cancer, which is more rampant in the South. Exposure to carcinogens or cancer-causing agents such as asbestos and ultraviolet or ionizing radiation have also been linked to cancer. Certain viral infections such as Human papilloma virus infection too can result in cancer cervix in women. Women in India today have become career minded and their outlook towards life is changing. And that is when the risks of breast cancer come into play; having no children, having the first child after the age of 35, fewer children, shorter duration of breast feeding or taking birth control pills for long.
PREVALENCE OF LIFE STYLE ORIENTED CANCERS IN INDIA ;
In addition to the genetic link as the cause of all cancers, cancer development has been linked to several risk factors including an unhealthy lifestyle – tobacco use, cigarette smoking and excess consumption of alcohol, wrong diet habits and physical inactivity. Studies report that because of tobacco chewing, cigarette smoking and eating paan and gutka, people in India have 25 times the average risk of developing oral cancer. In fact, India has the world's highest incidence of oral cancer, with 75,000 to 80,000 new cases a year. Lung cancer is another most common cancer amongst men in India. Cigarette smoking, bidi smoking and tobacco use are the main culprits. Besides, air pollution has become a great threat to lungs. Kolkata is considered the most polluted city followed by Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. More than 18 persons per one lakh people in Kolkata fall victim to lung cancer every year as compared to the next highest 13 per one lakh in Delhi, according to environmental scientist and advisor of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), Dr Twisha Lahiri. Eating salty, spicy and pickled food and excessive alcohol consumption may be associated with stomach cancer, which is more rampant in the South. Exposure to carcinogens or cancer-causing agents such as asbestos and ultraviolet or ionizing radiation have also been linked to cancer. Certain viral infections such as Human papilloma virus infection too can result in cancer cervix in women. Women in India today have become career minded and their outlook towards life is changing. And that is when the risks of breast cancer come into play; having no children, having the first child after the age of 35, fewer children, shorter duration of breast feeding or taking birth control pills for long.
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