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What is cancer?

What is cancer?. Cancer is not just one disease More than 200 different types of cancer have been identified. CANCER. Defining cancer.

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What is cancer?

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  1. What is cancer? Cancer is not just one disease More than 200 different types of cancer have been identified CANCER

  2. Defining cancer Cancer is an accumulation of abnormal cells that multiply through uncontrolled cell division and spread to other parts of the body by invasion and/or distant metastasis via the blood and lymphatic system Normal cells Abnormal cells Tumour growth Metastasis Uncontrolled cell division Invasion into surrounding tissues Spread via blood or lymphatic system

  3. Incidence of cancer across the globe (2008, estimate)1 1. Ferlay J, Shin HR, Bray F, Forman D, Mathers C and Parkin DM. GLOBOCAN 2008 v2.0, CancerIncidenceandMortality Worldwide: IARC Cancer Base No.10 [Internet]. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2010. Available from: http://globocan.iarc.fr, accessed on 06/06/2013.

  4. Changingprevalenceofcancer Global cancer incidenceand mortality rates continue to rise1 25 Mpeople living with cancer*2 75 Mpredicted to be living with cancer2 2030 21.3 M 2008 GROWING AND AGEING POPULATION 13.1 M 12.7 M ADOPTION OF UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLES 7.6 M IMPROVEMENT IN DIAGNOSIS/SCREENING CASES DEATHS 2030 2002 *Diagnosed in last 5 years Ferlay J, Shin HR, Bray F, Forman D, Mathers C and Parkin DM. GLOBOCAN 2008 v2.0, Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide: IARC Cancer Base No.10 [Internet]. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2010. Available from: http://globocan.iarc.fr, accessed on 14/01/2013. The International Agency for Research on Cancer. World Cancer Report 2008. Available from: http://www.iarc.fr/en/publications/pdfs-online/wcr/, accessed on 06/06/2013.

  5. Common cancers in men and women worldwide1 1. Ferlay J, Shin HR, Bray F, Forman D, Mathers C and Parkin DM. GLOBOCAN 2008 v2.0, CancerIncidenceandMortality Worldwide: IARC Cancer Base No.10 [Internet]. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2010. Available from: http://globocan.iarc.fr, accessed on 06/06/2013.

  6. Global cancer mortality Approximately 7.56 million people died from cancer in 2008,1accounting for 13% of all deaths (from any cause)2 Lung, stomach, liver, colorectal and female breast cancers cause 50% of all cancer deaths1 Ferlay J, Shin HR, Bray F, Forman D, Mathers C and Parkin DM. GLOBOCAN 2008 v2.0, CancerIncidenceandMortality Worldwide: IARC Cancer Base No.10 [Internet]. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2010. Available from: http://globocan.iarc.fr, accessed on 06/06/2013. American Cancer Society. Global Cancer Facts and Figures 2nd Edition. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2011.

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