Cancer

Cancer kills 30% of humans in Australia.

The best way to reduce cancer risk is:

  1. Learn what cancers kill us most

  2. Find out if you are at higher risk for specific cancers

  3. Screen for cancer appropriately based on risk

  4. Avoid things that promote cancer

  5. Do things that allow your body to defend against early cancer changes before they grow

Types

  • Lung cancer= 22% of all cancer deaths

  • Colorectal cancer = 9%

  • Pancreatic cancer = 6%

  • Breast cancer = 5%

  • Prostate cancer = 5%

  • Leukemia = 5%

  • Liver cancer = 4%

  • Lymphoma = 4%

  • Stomach and Oesophagus cancer = 3%

  • Ovarian cancer = 2%

  • Brain cancer = 2%

  • Bladder cancer = 1%

  • Kidney cancer = 1%

  • Thyroid cancer = 1%

  • Melanoma = 1%

  • Uterus cancer = 1%

  • Brain cancer = 1%

  • Multiple myeloma = 1%

Lung cancer

Risk factors

  • Smoking = 85% of all lung cancers = 15 to 30x more likely than non-smokers

  • Radon gas exposure = 10%

  • Occupation = 9% (Chemicals, asbestos, arsenic, diesel exhaust)

  • Air pollution =

Colorectal cancer

Pancreatic cancer

  • Breast cancer = 5%

  • Prostate cancer = 5%

  • Leukemia = 5%

  • Liver cancer = 4%

  • Lymphoma = 4%

  • Stomach and Oesophagus cancer = 3%

  • Ovarian cancer = 2%

  • Brain cancer = 2%

  • Bladder cancer = 1%

  • Kidney cancer = 1%

  • Thyroid cancer = 1%

  • Melanoma = 1%

  • Uterus cancer = 1%

  • Brain cancer = 1%

  • Multiple myeloma = 1%