...cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/dietandphysicalactivity/diet-and-physical-activity The American Cancer Society has been a leading organization in cancer prevention and awareness for over a century. They contribute to the fight against cancer in a variety of ways to include advocating and creating laws to prevent and treat cancer, investing in cancer fighting research, and helping those who are diagnosed with cancer cope and treat their illness. The information in this article states that there is indeed a link between cancer and poor diet and physical inactivity. The article provides several interventions and mitigating strategies an individual can take to manage risk of cancer due to a lack of exercise and heathy diet. This article is key in validating the second point in the thesis statement as a cause of cancer. National Cancer Institute (NCI) (2014) Cancer in Children and Adolescence. Retrieved from: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/childhood NCI is a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is the main agency of the Federal Government tasked with the study, research, and training of cancer. This fact sheet confirms that occurrences of pediatric cancer are rising in the U.S. and provides a range of helpful statics to support the thesis. Section three of the fact sheet also discusses the possible causes of cancer in children to include...
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...among adults (more commonly in men) over 50 years old. Children and younger adults are susceptible to another, less aggressive form of glioblastoma. This tumor part of the astrocytomas family and is initially formed from glial cells in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. It differs significantly from other brain tumors in terms of how quickly the cells grow, how often the tumors recur, and the treatment options. Symptoms include headaches, dizziness, confusion, and seizures. Doctors can test the patients for whether or not they have the tumor through MRIs, biopsies, and CT scans. Following diagnosis, patients undergo a craniotomy, followed by chemotherapy...
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...and 59% for stroke and heart disease respectively while it has been static for cancer with no decrease in death rates inspite of extensive research and treatment efforts. This suggests that something is wrong about cancer treatment. The term “Five year survival rate” hides within it our sad story of not being able to find a permanent cure to cancer. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery are not curative but symptomatic therapies merely extending our lives. Our scientists inspite of doing researches involving billions of money and publishing an amazing 1.5 million papers have not found a cure to cancer. We have been only able to increase the five year survival rates from 48.75 % in 1975 to 69% in 2007, pointing to us that there is something wrong. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy increases risk of leukemias and solid tumors, targeted therapy to melanoma and stem cell transplant can result in second cancers. The irony of cancer treatment causing cancers and the unending list of severe side effects from vomiting, alopecia to infertility and immunocompromised state gives a sickening feeling about the cancer management we are following. 90% of the time the cause of death in cancer is metastases. We don’t have any weaponry to attack them except palliative pain treatment. Its not even in our priority list with only less than 0.5% of research projects on metastases. Not targeting the biggest monster i.e. metastases makes me feel wrong about our current cancer management. Running...
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