| Some health diagnosis hit as much fear as the | | | | have not spread beyond the sites where the |
| words, "You have cancer." But nowadays, like at | | | | cancer started; it is still contained in the ducts or |
| no other time, cancer can be suppressed or kept | | | | lobules. |
| under control in a lot of cases. Cancer is one of | | | | The chance of getting cancer increases with age; |
| the top causes of death worldwide, causative | | | | 76 pct of all cancer is diagnosed in people over |
| thirteen percent of all deaths in 2009. If | | | | the age of fifty. Although some of the risk |
| projections are precise, this number could reach | | | | constituents for cancer, such as age, ethnicity, |
| nine million by 2017. Cancer cells exist and thrive in | | | | and family history, are not in your control, you |
| two ways: | | | | can still prevent forty pct of cancers by changing |
| Metastasize | | | | lifestyle choices, eating a good diet, staying |
| This term means that defective cells in a part of | | | | physically active, and avoiding tobacco products. |
| the body grow and can spread quickly to other | | | | There are many choices in life and all one of them |
| areas of the body. Metastasis is the major cause | | | | influence health in some form. Since you can't |
| of cancer death, but in many cases, metastasis | | | | predict the future, the best thing to do is to live |
| happens later in the course of the disease... hence | | | | as if every lifestyle option you make has health |
| the importance of early spotting. | | | | branches down the road. The key word you must |
| In situ | | | | repeat often throughout your life is how to |
| The term in situ signifies that the cancer cells | | | | improve your health. |