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Smoking and Lungs Cancer

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This is to all of those smokers, past smokers who are living with the fear of lung cancer, and those who are very confident about not getting attacked by this disease even after smoking. Cancer has already become evil to our civilization. Apart from several risk factors smoking is the topmost risk factor of lung cancer. Around 90% of lung cancer deaths caused due to smoking. ·         Risks in active smokers.  Smoking cigarettes increase the risk of lung cancer by 15 to 30 times. Even you smoke 1 to 2 cigarettes a day; you take yourself closer to the risk of lung cancer by the risk 3 to five times. The trachea and bronchus are the two parts of the lungs that get mostly affected by smoking caused cancer. ·         Risk in second-hand smokers.  Some people think that only active smoking causes lung cancer. But researches show the majority of non-smoker lung cancer patients have a history of staying around o...

Risk Factor for Breast Cancer

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The rate of new breast cancer cases is in rapid hike nowadays. As per WHO’s analysis, this rate might increase to 50% by the end of 2020, with around 15 million new cases.   While things are going beyond our hands, still we can at least remain conscious about this disease to ensure a better handling plan for it.   In this article, let’s know about the various risk factors that boost up the possibility of breast cancer .   The risk factor for breast cancer is mapped under two types: 1.      Controllable 2.      Uncontrollable   1.     Controllable factors ·         Obesity . Besides breast cancer, obesity has become an additional threat to the entire world. Among all of its downsides, the increased risk of breast cancer is the most concerning one. Apart from general obesity, most of the women face post-menopausal weight gaining. Excessive fat tissues boost u...