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How much do you know about Cancer?
Cancer is still one of the biggest threats to life, but the picture has changed.
Every day, small medical victories bring us closer and closer to effectively dealing with it: increasing the number of those being treated, improving the effectiveness of the medicines and methods used, ensuring a better quality of life for those suffering, expanding the arsenal of science with new knowledge and new possibilities, understanding more the mechanism of the disease to make research more effective.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide in men and women alike. Survival rates vary depending on the cell type of cancer and the stage at which the disease was diagnosed.
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Colon cancer is a malignancy that develops in the colon or rectum.
It's one of the most common cancers in the world.
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In Europe, pancreatic cancer is the seventh most common cancer, with an increasing trend. The frequency of new diagnosed cases increases with age, and the majority of cases are diagnosed over the age of 65, while infecting both leaves equally. It's the fifth cause of cancer death.
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Breast cancer is one of the most commonly occurring cancers in the world and is the first in a number of cases in the female population. In Greece every year, some 4,500 women are affected by breast cancer, and it is estimated that 1 in 8 women worldwide will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives.
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Cervical cancer is a disease that can be prevented and cured when diagnosed in time. Over 80% of women in whom cancer was diagnosed at an early stage are fully cured. Cervical cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in women in developing countries and the second largest cancer, after breast cancer, in women worldwide.
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Skin cancer is a type of cancer that develops from epidermal cells. It is the most common type of cancer, and is very common in countries with increased solar radiation, such as Greece. The number of cases of skin cancers has increased rapidly around the world in recent years. In Greece, approximately 30,000 cases of skin cancers are recorded per year, of which 1,500 are people with melanoma.
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