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 number of people who are diagnosed and who die of cancer each year …

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