It is one of the most dreaded health conditions all around the world. The name cancer has actually become a household name in the medical practice owing to it's variety and awareness being made in order to curb the disease.

According to the World Health Organization, cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, and is responsible for an estimated 9.6 million deaths in 2018. Globally, about 1 in 6 deaths is due to cancer.

To the dismay of many, one third of deaths from cancer are due to either one or more of the underlisted 5 leading behavioral and dietary risks;

High body mass index
Low fruit and vegetable intake
Lack of physical activity
Tobacco use
Alcohol use.
Among the aforementioned causes, tobacco use is the most important risk factor for cancer and is responsible for approximately 22% of cancer deaths around the world. Cancer causing infections, such as hepatitis and human papilloma virus (HPV), are responsible for up to 25% of cancer cases in low- and middle-income countries.

The earliest known descriptions of cancer appeared in several papyri from Ancient Egypt. The Edwin Smith Papyrus was written around 1600 BC (possibly a fragmentary copy of a text from 2500 BC) and contains a description of cancer, as well as a procedure to remove breast tumours by cauterization.

Hippocrates (ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC) described several kinds of cancer, referring to them by the term karkinos (carcinos), the Greek word for crab or crayfish, as well as carcinoma.


What Is Cancer?
According to the World Health organization,

Cancer is a generic term for a large group of diseases that can affect any part of the body. Other terms used are malignant tumours and neoplasms. One defining feature of cancer is the rapid creation of abnormal cells that grow beyond their usual boundaries, and which can then invade adjoining parts of the body and spread to other organs, the latter process is referred to as metastasizing. Metastases are a major cause of death from cancer.
Cancer causes cells to divide uncontrollably resulting in tumors, damage to the immune system, and other fatal impairment.

Types Of Cancer
There are well over 90 types of cancer. Some include;

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)
Adrenal gland tumours
Anal cancer
Bile duct cancer
Bladder cancer
Bone cancer
Bowel cancer
Brain tumours
Breast cancer
Cancer of unknown primary (CUP)
Spread to bone
Cancer spread to brain
Spread to liver
Cancer spread to lung
Carcinoid
Cervical cancer
Children's cancers
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)
Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML)
Colorectal cancer
Ear cancer
Endometrial cancer
Eye cancer
Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma
Gallbladder cancer
Gastric cancer
Gastro oesophageal junction cancers
Germ cell tumours
Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD)
Hairy cell leukaemia
Head and neck cancer
Hodgkin lymphoma
Kaposi’s sarcoma
Kidney cancer
Laryngeal cancer
Leukaemia
Linitis plastica of the stomach
Liver cancer
Lung cancer
Lung neuroendocrine tumours (NETs)
Lymphoma
Malignant schwannoma
Mediastinal germ cell tumours
Melanoma skin cancer
Men's cancer
Merkel cell skin cancer
Mesothelioma
Molar pregnancy

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