SURE WAY OF PREVENTING CANCER

A study has shown that walking for just an hour a day can more than halve a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer. Women who walk regularly and take further gentle exercise for at least an hour a week are 55 per cent  more likely to reduce the risk of a tumour than those who never work out. The findings back earlier studies, which suggest even gentle exercise is crucial in helping to prevent the disease.

Thousands of women each year are diagnosed with breast cancer, which kills about  a quarter of its victims. It affects one in ten women at some point in their lives. Risk factors range from being overweight and having a family history of the disease, to smoking and going through the menopause.
A spokesman for Cancer Research UK said that maintaining a healthy body weight is one of the best ways to reduce the risks of breast cancer. This is because fat tissue in those who are overweight produces more hormones and growth factors than in slimmer people. High levels of some of these hormones, including oestrogen and insulin, can increase the risk of certain cancers.



Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Not all tumors are cancerous; benign tumors do not spread to other parts of the body.
Treatment‎: ‎Radiation therapy‎, ‎surgery‎, ‎chemotherapy‎, and targeted therapy.‎
Causes‎: ‎Tobacco, ‎obesity‎, poor diet, ‎lack of physical activity‎, excessive alcohol, etc
Symptoms‎: ‎Lump, abnormal bleeding, prolonged cough, unexplained weight loss, etc
Deaths‎: ‎8.8 million (2015)‎
Reference: Wikipedia