What are the Causes and Risk Factor for Cancer?

Due to research, some of the risk factor will increase the chances to develop cancer. If you want to know  about how to avoid cancer, first you have to know what are the causes and risk factor that will develop cancer. However, not all people who have the following risk factor will causes cancer, some of the people may not BUT sometimes the people who did not have any of the risk factor also will develop a cancer. If you have more than one or two risk factor, the risk factor will act together and causes cancer in your body. The risk factor will change your normal cells into abnormal and causes cancer.

Tobacco

Using a tobacco product will causes lung cancer, cervix cancer, bladder cancer, mouth cancer and etc. Due to the cancer research, more than 28% of people are die in cancer because of using tobacco product. The research also shows, more than 88% of smokers are died in lung cancer. The people who smoke will have a higher risk to get a cancer. However, the people who did not use any tobacco product will also have the risk. It is because they are being around the tobacco product such as secondhand smoke.

Alcohol

A person who drink more than one alcohol drinks will increase the risk to develop a cancer. Liver cancer, Breast Cancer, Pharynx Cancer, Larynx Cancer, Mouth Cancer are also causes by taking too much of alcohol drinks. Drinking alcohol will damage the body tissues and raise the body level of estrogen.

Food/ Drink

Fast food, soft drinks, well done red meat, sugar, heavily salted may develop cancer.  Some of this food had included Aspartame. Aspartame is a artificial sweetener. Aspartame is created using 2 amino acid. Aspartame had included in a lot of foods. Due to the Cancer Research,  Aspartame had causes a lot of disease.

Sunlight

The UV rays will increase the risk of cancer. UV rays had included in the sunlight, sun lamp and tanning booth. All of this will causes the skin or cell damage. One of the most common related cancer are skin cancer.

Growing older

When your age is growing the immune system will slow down. It will increase the risk for develop a cancer. Children will develop a cancer too, if they have other risk factor.

Diet /Overweight

Lack of exercise, unhealthy diet and overweight will increase the risk of cancer.Taking too much of salt or unhealthy food will develop a cancer. Do some exercise can reduce your cancer risk.

Virus / Bacteria Infection

Virus/ Bacteria infection may lead a cancer. The virus/ bacteria such as HIV, Hepatitis, HPVs, EBV and others virus infection will increase the risk of cancer.

Cancer History

You or your family who have cancer before will increased the chances to develop cancer. If your genes cells had change and develop a cancer for you, it will have a higher chances the genes will passed down to your children. Your children will have a higher risk to develop a cancer too.

If you have more than 1 or 2 factor that listed above, please talk with the specialist. Get a solution on how to reduce the risk.