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CANCER The Epidemic of Today

Cancer is a deadly disease and is struggling hard presently to become the number one killer of our times .The incidence of cancer is increasing. This is because of increasing longevity, changing lifestyle, increasing pollution and many other factors. Three out of every ten people in the world will have cancer in their lives by 2025 .Cancer is increasing in India too and in the next 15 years or so, one out of every six person, will have cancer, which means that at least one member of every family will have a patient suffering from cancer. It is hence imperative that we all know the basics about cancer and its causes, early symptoms and methods of treatment. The study of Cancer is called Oncology,

The most common cancers in the world are of Lung, prostrate, colon (large gut), and rectum. In India the three most common cancers in women are of cervix, breast and esophagus (food pipe) and in men, the head and neck region and esophagus are affected by cancer most commonly. Over one third of all the cancers of the head and neck region, of the world affect Indians