Am not sure if there is a season of cancer but just reading the
local newspapers nowadays, you see obituaries of prominent
people all with the same diagnosis of early death due to the Big
C! We fear cancer that we dread just hearing it as a diagnosis
of our ailment. So what can we do to prevent cancer and who is
at risk? Actually everyone has some risk for cancer. In one
survey in the US:” cancer is likely to affect 1 in 2 men and 1
in 3 women at least once in their lifetime.” Meaning we all have
that risk that we should know and try to change the factors that
increase our risk. So what are these factors that affect our
risk? - tobacco use, - lifestyle choices (such as diet and
exercise), - family history, and - factors in your workplace and
environment. The real question however is: How can I protect
myself from getting cancer? Just like ones risk for diabetes, or
other chronic ailments, some risk factors for cancer like the
family history are non modifiable. But you can definitely modify
some of the risk fa