| In all the publication, The World Health
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| | · occupational and environmental
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| Organisation (W.H.O.) summarise what we
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| | exposure to a number of chemicals
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| know about cancer from scientific
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| | · links between a number of infections
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| research:
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| | and certain types of cancer
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| Cancer is largely preventable:
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| | · parasitic infection schistosomiasis
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| By stopping smoking, providing healthy
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| | · exposure to some forms of ionizing
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| food and avoiding the exposure to
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| | radiation
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| carcinogens.
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| | · excessive ultraviolet radiation
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| The most frequent cancer types are
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| | W.H.O. treatment priorities to day
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| curable by surgery, chemotherapy or
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| | Very important: Early detection improves
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| radiotherapy. The chance of cure
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| | chances of survival, but WHO stress 'only
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| increases substantially if cancer is
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| | when linked to effective treatment'. The
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| detected early.
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| | WHO wants to increase our awareness of
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| Quality of life of cancer patients and
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| | the signs and symptoms of cancer and help
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| their families can be greatly improved by
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| | set up regular screening of apparently
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| the provision of palliative care.
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| | healthy individuals.
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| Recommendations from the World Health
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| | Very important: Accurate diagnosis of
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| Organisation concerning cancer include
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| | cancer is the first step to effective
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| action in the following areas:
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| | management. Care of cancer patients
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| · eliminating exposure to cancer causes
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| | starts with recognition of some kind of
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| · reducing individual susceptibility to
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| | abnormality in the body, followed by a
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| the effects of these causes
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| | visit to a health care facility for
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| · serving the greatest public health
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| | diagnosis. Once a diagnosis is confirmed
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| potential
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| | then the disease is 'staged'. The patient
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| · identifying the most cost-effective
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| | might be referred to a specialist cancer
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| long-term cancer control
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| | treatment centre.
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| · tobacco control
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| | The Orthodox treatment for the cancer is
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| · obesity control
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| | likely to involve a mixture of
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| · control of composition of the diet
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| | chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal
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| · control of consumption of alcoholic
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| | therapy and surgery. The primary
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| beverages
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| | objectives of cancer treatment are: cure,
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| Cancer control is a public health
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| | the prolongation of life and improvement
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| approach aimed at reducing causes and
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| | of the quality of life.
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| consequences of cancer by translating our
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| | Survival rates - the statistic datas
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| knowledge into practice.
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| | The Survival rates in standard treatments
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| The prevention programmes from the World
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| | vary according to the variety of cancer.
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| Health Organization sees
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| | - uterin corpus,breast,testis and
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| cancer-prevention as part of integrated,
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| | melanoma produce a 5-year survival rate
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| national strategies. They identify the
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| | of 75%
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| risk for cancers above are common to all
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| | - pancreas, liver, stomach and lung are
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| non communicable diseases including
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| | generally less than 15 %
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| heart, diabetes and respiratory problems.
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| | Because of the nature of cancer, many
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| All Prevention programmes for all chronic
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| | patients present themselves with advanced
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| diseases are able to use the same
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| | disease. The only realistic treatment for
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| surveillance and health promotion
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| | these patients is pain relief and
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| techniques. According to WHO recognised
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| | palliative care. For insurance purposes,
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| causes of cancer include:
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| | cancer is often regarded as incurable.
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