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Why Did I get Cancer?

Dr.Harsha Doddihal

Image Courtesy: Google, Guardian, IIT,

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Than Why Did I Get Cancer

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Ageing

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Ageing

• As we age the risk of cancer keeps on increasing

• Cancers do happen in children but they have other reasons: Genetic, Viruses

Graph: Courtesy Minnesota University

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Image Courtesy: http://www.egi.eu/case-studies/medical/hunting_for_viruses.html

VIRUSES

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Viruses Which Cause Cancer

• Liver- Hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus (HCV)

• Cervical Carcinoma- Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

• Oropharynx- HPV

• Nasopharynx- Epstein Barr Virus

• Kaposi’s Sarcoma- Human Herpes Virus Type 8

• HIV

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Infections

• Helicobacter Pylori infection causes Lymphoma of Stomach

• Schistosoma hematobium causes bladder cancer

• Liver flukes, Opisthorchis viverrini and Clonorchis

sinensis (cholangiocarcinoma)

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Obesity, Lack Of Physical

Activity Increases Risk

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/obesity

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http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/radon

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/nucle

ar-power-accidents

Exposure to radioactive

substances increases risk of

cell damage and cancer!

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http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/acrylamide-in-food

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cooked-meats

Foods Containing Acrylamide Increase

Risk ? Chemicals in Meat Cooked at High Temperatures

and Cancer Risk

Acrylamide Acrylamide

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http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/ahs

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/food/risks.htm

Increase of certain cancer in

farmers as they use

pesticides, insecticides

http://onlinelibr

ary.wiley.com/

doi/10.3322/ca

ac.21170/full

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http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/formaldehyde

http://archive.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/petitions/petitionsubmis

sions/sub-07/PE1089I.pdf

Air pollution- Outdoor and Indoor

Polycyclic

Aromatic

Hydrocarbons

Formaldehyde

Dioxins

Organo

chloride

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Cancer Is

Preventable

Be Aware

Act Now

An Initiative To Improve

Health Literacy

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