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Explore the increasing rates of cancer in India and the major contributing factors including mutations, genetic influences, poor immune conditions, hormonal changes, and external factors like industrialization, food habits, air pollution, and smoking.
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Different types of diseases and infections have always threatened man. However, one disease that is considered almost deadly and has a very high rate of recurrence is cancer. Irrespective of a particular region, state or a country this particular disease affects everyone without discriminating in between the different types of human races. Introduction
According to health experts, the causes of increase in the number of cancer patients are varied. These can be divided broadly into internal and external causes. The internal causes include: Mutations Genetic Poor immune conditions Hormonal Why is Cancer on the Rise in India?
The external causes include: • Industrialization • Food habits • Population overgrowth • Social • Air pollution • Smoking • Occupational exposure such as asbestos • Alcohol or drug abuse
Major Types of Cancer Affecting Indians Lung cancer: Lately lung cancer has grown like an epidemic and is responsible for more number of deaths than caused due breast, colorectal and prostate cancer.
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