Real risk for having cancer

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfnhxfSxLPRrpU2a8O6DlQ6P3OO-fqtBvkA8t_cbdVIAHfkfvRLeY_ZIBg6mkBW45GpSRThSvYDtMvLEMf53XcdQWibJXQfgb4eElQuiZU7m5GhF6vHzh7a86hsFJoMQW5zkTuJmQU8k/s1600/cancer+is+curable+now+cancer+ending.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfnhxfSxLPRrpU2a8O6DlQ6P3OO-fqtBvkA8t_cbdVIAHfkfvRLeY_ZIBg6mkBW45GpSRThSvYDtMvLEMf53XcdQWibJXQfgb4eElQuiZU7m5GhF6vHzh7a86hsFJoMQW5zkTuJmQU8k/s1600/cancer+is+curable+now+cancer+ending.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Many people believe that their risk for cancer is growing because cancer figures are sometimes reported out of context. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The actual number of people who are diagnosed and who die of cancer each year has indeed grown because the U.S. population is growing larger, and is aging. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Cancer is more common among the elderly, so more cases are to be expected as the average age of the U.S. population increases. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A closer look at the numbers by age group shows the cancer risk for Americans is actually dropping.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The risk of being diagnosed with cancer and the risk of dying of cancer have decreased since the early 1.990s. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Fewer than half the people diagnosed with cancer today will die of the disease. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Some are completely cured, and many more people survive for years with a good quality of life, thanks to treatments that control many types of cancer.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Cancer is not one disease, but many different diseases with different causes. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For that reason one breakthrough "cure for cancer" is probably not likely to come along. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There probably won't be one date in history when people remember that the cure for cancer was announced just as infectious diseases weren't conquered on one particular day. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Instead, every year will bring more and more cures for more and more types of cancer.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> People need to eat in a better way, to exercise more and to be able to live in a more peacefull way, to reduce the risk of having the disease.</div>

Real risk for having cancer

Many people believe that their risk for cancer is growing because cancer figures are sometimes reported out of context.  The actual ...

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