Cancer is the gravest health threat of the modern era and maximum types of cancer disease are originated in the inorganic and harmful factors in our life style. Some of these factors are well known all over the world like the influence of carcinogen as a chemical substance present in tobacco, asbestos, arsenic affected water, etc. that can trigger cancerous cell growth in the body. Many other factors that have been popularly known in the recent time like ultra violet rays of sunlight, genetic changes or disorder, etc. are some of the main risk factors involved in the cancer diseases. Here we would introduce some of the main risk factors involved in cancer diseases of various types.
Risk related to oral cavity and pharynx
Tobacco chewing and alcohol drinking are the most cited risk factors for oral cancer apart from poor oral hygiene and malnutrition.
Risk related to digestive system
The main risk factors involved in cancer diseases of digestive disorder can be of very different types according to the functional organs where the cancer is taking shape. The major types of organic functions in the digestive system that are vulnerable to the disease of cancer include colorectal, pancreas, liver, stomach, esophagus and gallbladder.
Hereditary factors or high fat and low fiber and green vegetable as well as fruit rich food habit is main factors behind colorectal cancer. Obesity, physical inactivity, regular alcohol consumption can be major factors to this type of cancer.
Extreme smoking habit, alcohol consumption, diabetes, chronic pancreatitis and far rich food consumption can be the main risk factors involved in cancer diseases of pancreas.
Dietary nitrites, pernicious anemia, harmful dietary habits of consuming not enough vegetables and fruits and fiber rich stuffs are the main risk factors involved in cancer diseases of stomach.
Infection through the hepatitis B or C viruses, chronic cirrhosis of the liver through alcohol abuse and occupational risks of being subject to harmful chemicals are considered to be the main factors behind liver cancer.
Risk related to lung Cancer
90% of all lung cancers are caused by tobacco smoking in any form. Other important factors in causing lung cancer mainly include coming into respiratory contact with various chemicals and gases as part of the regular occupational hazard. Passive smoking is also considered to be one of the main risk factors involved in cancer disease in the lung.
Risk related to breast Cancer
Family history or hereditary legacy of breast cancer is the mostly cited factor and secondly coming into contact with ionizing radiation or other radioactive substances are considered to be some of the main risk factors involved in the cancer of the breast.
Risk related to skin Cancer
Exposure to ultraviolet radiation, severe sunburns, giant or large number of moles are some of the main risk factors involved in the cancer of skin.
Risk related to reproductive system and urinary organs
Obesity, fat rich diet, sexually transmitted diseases, smoking, alcoholism and family history of malfunction in the reproductive organs produce some of the main risk factors involved in the cancer of reproductive system and urinary organs.
Risk related to brain and thyroid
Genetic factors, inherited syndromes and coming in contact to regular occupational hazards and accidental happenings like being affected to radiation, chemical reaction, etc. can be the main risk factors involved in the cancer of brain.
The main risk factors involved in the cancer of all the organs as mentioned above only mentions the clinical and most acute reason that plays the most important role behind the onset of the disease and these risk factors can be of varying degrees and can play different role in combination with one another. One should remember that every type of cancer case is different and naturally the risk factors also are supposed to vary from person to person.
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