1- No, lung cancer does not only affect seniors Contrary to popular belief, smoking is never without health risks. To get this message across, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health's new awareness campaign first reminds us that lung cancer is not just for seniors. It also affects smokers ...
smoking reduce the risk of cancer? Of course, quitting smoking won't give you brand new lungs... But after 10 years of quitting, the risk of getting lung cancer is close to that of non-smokers. For this particular cancer, the duration of exposure is more important than the number of cigarettes s ...
lon cancer affects approximately 40,000 new individuals each year. It is the third most common cancer in France and the second deadliest cancer after lung cancer. These statistics, which might seem frightening, are not inevitable. Indeed, colorectal cancer is curable in 9 out of 10 cases when detec ...
ions about breast cancer, the first one that you absolutely must fight is the belief that you can't prevent it. Of course, this cancer is not like lung cancer where you can simply stop Smoking to reduce the risk of the disease very significantly. Breast Cancers are multifactorial diseases that ...
er and numerous heart and lung diseases, quitting smoking allows to increase one's life expectancy. The benefits on the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and lung cancer are very real, regardless of your age when you quit smoking. Just one year after saying goodbye to tobacco, your risk of my ...
nks as the fifth most common cancer. It is also the fifth most prevalent cancer worldwide, following prostate cancer (4th), colorectal cancer (3rd), lung cancer (2nd), and breast cancer (1st). What particularly worries doctors and researchers about stomach cancer is that it is increasing among tho ...
have revealed the protective effect of capsaicin found in hot peppers against certain cancers: • prostate cancer; • colorectal cancer; • lung cancer. This is explained by the fact that capsaicin inhibits the proliferation of cancer cells, according to studies conducted in vitro. ...
