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BRITISH STUDY FINDS LIFESTYLES CAUSE MANY CANCERS
THIS IS LONDON - Binge drinking, reckless sunbathing and overeating are
fuelling a massive rise in cancer, experts warn. . .
Cases of mouth cancer, which is associated with smoking and drinking,
have increased by almost a quarter.
Malignant melanoma - the most dangerous form of skin cancer - is up by
43 per cent in ten years as warnings to stay out of the sun are ignored.
Kidney cancer, which is much more common in smokers and the overweight,
is also on the rise, the report shows.
Rates of another disease linked to obesity, womb cancer, went up by a
fifth.
Cancer Research UK, which compiled the figures, said up to half of all
deaths from the disease could be avoided by the use of common sense. . .
Malignant melanoma is now the seventh most common cancer and the fastest
growing form of the disease. . . Since the mid-1980s, rates among men
have tripled while they have doubled among women. . .
For mouth cancer, most cases occur in those who smoke or chew tobacco
and regularly drink alcohol. And, although the number of smokers is
falling, binge drinking is on the rise.
Obesity and smoking also increase the risk of kidney cancer, which was
found to be up 14 per cent. . .
Overall, the number developing all forms of cancer rose slightly, up 2.1
per cent to 284,560 in 2004. However, mortality rates are declining and
the proportion of cancer patients living for more than five years after
diagnosis rose from 40 to 50 per cent. The top four types of cancer -
breast, lung, bowel and prostate - account for more than half of all
cases of the disease.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23407652-details/
Modern+living+to+blame+for+cancer+epidemic/article.do
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BRITISH STUDY FINDS LIFESTYLES CAUSE MANY CANCERS
THIS IS LONDON - Binge drinking, reckless sunbathing and overeating are
fuelling a massive rise in cancer, experts warn. . .
Cases of mouth cancer, which is associated with smoking and drinking,
have increased by almost a quarter.
Malignant melanoma - the most dangerous form of skin cancer - is up by
43 per cent in ten years as warnings to stay out of the sun are ignored.
Kidney cancer, which is much more common in smokers and the overweight,
is also on the rise, the report shows.
Rates of another disease linked to obesity, womb cancer, went up by a
fifth.
Cancer Research UK, which compiled the figures, said up to half of all
deaths from the disease could be avoided by the use of common sense. . .
Malignant melanoma is now the seventh most common cancer and the fastest
growing form of the disease. . . Since the mid-1980s, rates among men
have tripled while they have doubled among women. . .
For mouth cancer, most cases occur in those who smoke or chew tobacco
and regularly drink alcohol. And, although the number of smokers is
falling, binge drinking is on the rise.
Obesity and smoking also increase the risk of kidney cancer, which was
found to be up 14 per cent. . .
Overall, the number developing all forms of cancer rose slightly, up 2.1
per cent to 284,560 in 2004. However, mortality rates are declining and
the proportion of cancer patients living for more than five years after
diagnosis rose from 40 to 50 per cent. The top four types of cancer -
breast, lung, bowel and prostate - account for more than half of all
cases of the disease.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23407652-details/
Modern+living+to+blame+for+cancer+epidemic/article.do
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