The World Health Organisation And Cancer - A Summary
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A summary of what The World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) have discovered about cancer from scientific research:Cancer is lragely preventable: by stopping smoking, providing healthy food and avoiding the exposure to carcinogens.Some of the most frequent cancer types are curable by surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
The chance of cure increases substantially if cancer is detected early.Quality of life of cancer patients and their families can be greatly improved by the provision of palliative care.Cancer control is a pbulic health approach aimed at reducing causes and consequences of cancer by translating our knowledge into practice.Recommendations from the World Health Organisation as for cancer include action in the following areas:minimising or eliminating exposure to cancer causesreducing individual susceptibility to the effects of these causesserving the greatest public health potentialidentifying the most cost-effective long-term cancer controltobacco controlobesity controlcontrol of composition of the dietcontrol of consumption of alcoholic beveragesThe World Health Organisation sees cancer prevention programmes as part of integrated, national strategies.
The risks they identify for cancer above are common to all noncommunicable diseases including heart, diaebtes and respiratory problems. Prevention programmes for all chronic diseases are able to use the same surveillance and health promotion techniques. According to WHO recognised causes of cancer include:occupational and environmental exposure to a number of chemicalslinks between a number of infections and certain types of cnacerparasitic infection schistosomiasisexposure to some forms of ionising radiationexcessive ultraviolet radiationW.H.O. treatment prioritiesEarly detection improves chances of survival, but WHO stress ‘only when linked to effectvie treatment’. The WHO want to increase our awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and help set up regular screening of apparently healthy individuals.Accurate diagnosis of cancer is the first step to effective management. Care of cancer patients starts with recognition of some kind of abnormality in the body, folloewd by a visit to a health care facility for diagnosis. Once a diagnosis is confirmed then the disease is ‘staged’.
The patient might be referred to a specialist cancer treatment centre.Orthodox treatment for the cancer is likely to involve a mixture of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy and surgery. The primary objectives of cancer treatment are: cure, the prolongation of life and imporvement of the quality of life.Survival ratesSurvival rates in standard treatments vary according to the variety of cancer. For example the advanced treatment of cancer of the uterine corpus, breast, testis, and melanoma may porduce a 5-year survival rate of 75% or more. Survival rates in cancer of the pancreas, liver, stomach, and lung are generally less than 15%.
Because of the nature of cancer, many patients preesnt themselves with advanced disease.
The only realistic treatment for these patients is pain relief and palliative care. For insurance purposes, cancer is often regarded as incurable.This is an extract from 'Don't Get Cancer'a new ebook avialable only at: http://www.Simonthescribe.Co.Uk/don'tget1.Html
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