Cancer Causes | Cancer Risk Factors | Cancer Causes Prevention | Cancer Causes & Symptoms
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Dr. Vijay Anand Reddy is a universally acclaimed oncologist with a remarkable specializing in Radiation as well as Medical Oncology. He is a global master in his sphere with extensive academic and medical sophistication in various continents that include America, Europe and Australia (President of AP Chapter AROI, Premier member of ESMO, ASTRO and ASCO). As the Director of Apollo Cancer Institute Hyderabad, Dr. Reddy is instrumental in the establishment and rise of the institute and its latest entitlement to 'Center of Excellence for Cancer in India'. In his compassion and serenity, patients see an indomitable positive energy which works miracles in their treatment and recovery.
Welcome to his online entryway! Here you will find all the information you will need on his professional history as well as his current particulars. Also, some bits on his personal life to get you close to the extraordinary personage he is.
Welcome to his online entryway! Here you will find all the information you will need on his professional history as well as his current particulars. Also, some bits on his personal life to get you close to the extraordinary personage he is.
Cancer Causes & Risk Factors
Cancer is preventable in many cases. Learning what causes cancer and what the risk factors are is the first step in cancer prevention. By avoiding cancer risk factors, the likelihood of developing cancer can be curtailed.
What are the Causes and Risk Factors for Cancer?
Tobacco
Smoking is a cause in 30% of all cancers and 87% of lung cancers. It also has a hand in causing kidney, pancreatic, cervical, stomach and bladder cancers.
Leukemia is a type of cancer that begins in bone marrow. While Leukemia occurs in both children and adults, smoking is a major risk factor for a type of leukemia called acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The carcinogens in cigarettes are absorbed by the lungs and then move to the bloodstream. Smoking is found to be the cause of AML in over 25 percent of the cases.
Smoking is a cause in 30% of all cancers and 87% of lung cancers. It also has a hand in causing kidney, pancreatic, cervical, stomach and bladder cancers.
Leukemia is a type of cancer that begins in bone marrow. While Leukemia occurs in both children and adults, smoking is a major risk factor for a type of leukemia called acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The carcinogens in cigarettes are absorbed by the lungs and then move to the bloodstream. Smoking is found to be the cause of AML in over 25 percent of the cases.
Physical Activity
Daily exercise (like Yoga, Aerobics, Walking and Running) 30 min 5 times a week really helps in reducing the risk of cancer. This is so because this prevents obesity, which is a risk factor in developing cancer of prostate, colon, breast, endometrium and lung. Regular exercise delays puberty, which reduces risk of breast cancer.
Daily exercise (like Yoga, Aerobics, Walking and Running) 30 min 5 times a week really helps in reducing the risk of cancer. This is so because this prevents obesity, which is a risk factor in developing cancer of prostate, colon, breast, endometrium and lung. Regular exercise delays puberty, which reduces risk of breast cancer.
Genetics
This is a big risk factor and much of it is still not realized / uncovered. Familial history of cancers is very important especially in breast, colonic malignancies etc. This is due to a mutant gene, which may be passed from parent to offspring.
So, having a family history of Cancer need not, mean you will develop it, but you only have a greater chance of developing it.
This is a big risk factor and much of it is still not realized / uncovered. Familial history of cancers is very important especially in breast, colonic malignancies etc. This is due to a mutant gene, which may be passed from parent to offspring.
So, having a family history of Cancer need not, mean you will develop it, but you only have a greater chance of developing it.
Alcohol
Its use predisposes people especially women to develop oral, oesophageal, liver, breast, pharyngeal, laryngeal cancers.
Its use predisposes people especially women to develop oral, oesophageal, liver, breast, pharyngeal, laryngeal cancers.
Food
Chemicals in diet, non-vegetarian diet are risk factors for cancers especially Colonic cancer. Micronutrients and antioxidants in food are protective against cancer.
Chemicals in diet, non-vegetarian diet are risk factors for cancers especially Colonic cancer. Micronutrients and antioxidants in food are protective against cancer.
Environment
Exposure to chemicals like asbestos, benzene (found in gasoline, smoking, pollution) which are used in many industries have been implicated in causing cancers. Exposure to radiation causes many cancers.
Exposure to chemicals like asbestos, benzene (found in gasoline, smoking, pollution) which are used in many industries have been implicated in causing cancers. Exposure to radiation causes many cancers.
Unsafe Sex
This may lead to an infection with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and increase risk of cervical, anal, vulval and vaginal cancer. PAP Smear is a test done to check for HPV infection and abnormal cells.
This may lead to an infection with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and increase risk of cervical, anal, vulval and vaginal cancer. PAP Smear is a test done to check for HPV infection and abnormal cells.
Sun Exposure
Ultraviolet rays from the Sun can cause Skin cancers.
Ultraviolet rays from the Sun can cause Skin cancers.
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