Topic: World Cancer Day (Read 203 times)

Cancer is very dangerous and it become increasing in my country. I don't know why but things are getting changed. And when responsibility come to you then it's hard to manage time for exercise even eating healthy food. Op your points are impressive enough and all of us aware about it. But the problem is, to follow. A year ago, one of my batchmate died by Cancer. others friends tired to gather money for his treatment and Unfortunately he passed away. Yeah its important to be careful about health, no matter how busy we are

We have all been lied to about cancer... lied to by the medical. They knew what cancer was all about back in the early 1900s.

John Beard (embryologist) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Beard_(embryologist)

Thank you for this post
On the occasion of World Cancer Day, I hope that all patients will recover and overcome this deadly disease
I just want to say to anyone suffering from this disease
With  determination, and patience, you will find a taste for this life in your struggle
Think about positive things even if the time is bad or inappropriate, and find hope instead of thinking about the worst and do not pretend to be optimistic. This must come from the deep of your heart. Stay strong and you will win this battle

Good words, good recommendations. This terrible disease has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people on Earth, and all those who fight this evil are real heroes! 

Before now, I never bothered about what cancer was. I only read about the disease in books and watched cancer victims on Television.  Even though the stories were all pathetic and scary, I never allowed it bother me because no member of my family or loved one was suffering from it. Then two years ago, I lost two close members of my family to cancer. It was frightening to watch them go through such pain. Since then, I have become extensively conscious of my health, my environment and what happens around it. Strangers ain't left out too.

Sometime last year, I notice my Co-workers often put their lunch packaged in plastic containers in the microwave to heat it before they eat, that is very dangerous. Heat melts Plastic, therefore consuming food heated in plastic means consuming chemicals. I just hope this information helps someone out there to stay free from cancer.

So I heard and read that cancer can also be hereditary in the family and some other factors can also make this possible like division of the person's cell in a particular age. Changes that occur as someone grows can be a factor. I think solution to such could be proper monitoring and checks in the hospital to detect if at all such is hanging around somewhere at the early stage. Diseases that are detected at an early stage are better handled and managed than when it eats inside the cell.

The problem with some cancers is that they are not easily dictated in their early stage. Some of them are dictated only when the sufferer becomes sick.


Sadly in my location, most people are embracing bleaching creams. Some dark people in my location want to change their colour to fair or white. However, they fail to understand that it could lead to skin cancer. The worst part of it is that our country has high temperatures.


The rate of air pollution caused by electric power generators is unbearable. The unstable power supply in my country has made our country to be a generator republic. The waste these gensets produce can contribute to cancer.


I don't know of any vaccine for cancer. I am not sure that there is a globally accepted anti-cancer vaccine.

I great amount of pain goes out to those suffering from cancers. I wasn't a victim of this deadly disease whereas my family has gone through this disease and it's repercussions. My father died because of it and my partners mother is struggling with it.

What makes me more frustrated is that the doctors have already said that cancer would be the cause of death for every one in my country by 2030. The situation is really alarming and we as citizens of a third world country cannot do anything as we are surrounded with the reason that causes cancer on a human.

I am not that good in condolence or being sympathetic with anyone in general. I do empathy with those families who have been in that situation as I have experienced the pain and financial instability. It comes naturally to me whenever such a bad incident happens with someone. This day only reminds me with what I have lost and what no on e should experience. .

Then this is the kind of lottery that i wouldnt want to win. Cancer is a formidable challenge. While we can make choices to reduce risks, chance still plays a role. It's a reminder of the importance of proactive health measures and advancements in medical research

I have heard some people say that Cancer is a lottery. The base this on stories about people
who live a healthy and active lifestyle and they get Cancer and others who smoke cigarettes
on a daily vasis and they dont get Cancer.

I'm with the OP and agree that eating healthy, reducing processed foods and having an
active lifestyle gives us at least a fighting chance at 1. reducing the chance of getting Cancer
and 2. if we do being fit and well to be able to fight it.

Also minimising Stress is very important in reducing the chances and also as the OP
posted Early Detection is key!

One thing that I have learned is also to avoid mental stress. It's a lowkey factor why we're obtaining diseases. But how can we avoid this very hard to fight enemy? Just be happy with whatever comes your way. I know that it is hard but that's one way to deal with it. You have to let go of small arguments and let the other people win over that. You don't have to waste your time argumenting just to win it.

This big c is really one of the killers of the humanity and our habits are also the factors of it. As what OP has said for those factors, we need to be careful of ourselves and whatever we do, in work, in house, in schools or any activities that we're involved. We have to take care no matter what happens but I think that the majority will only take care of themselves when they've grown up and understand that health is wealth.

Cancer is a menace to humanity it is probably one of the hardest diseases to treat, if not the most.

Some cancer are truly genetic and sometimes we and our actions are really not exactly the cause which is why it can even be more heartbreaking if we do get one additionally since cancer cells are always growing inside us it makes it harder for treatments to totally eradicate every cancer cell

Imagine how our world will change if ever someone invented a cure for cancer it is a future i would like to see

To anyone fighting against cancer, may you triumph over this disease.

Some things are programmed genetically & there’s not much you can do but you certainly do some things to lower your risk of getting cancer. Try to adopt a healthy lifestyle by maintaining a balanced diet, engaging in regular physical activity & avoiding tobacco & excessive alcohol use. Protect yourself from the sun by using sunscreen, seeking shade & wearing protective clothing. Get vaxxed against viruses like HPV & hepatitis which can increase cancer risk. Always participate in cancer screening programs recommended for your age & gender such as mammograms & colonoscopies. These steps can't eliminate risk but can greatly reduce it. May I just wish anybody who is affected by this awful disease the very best.

Op thanks for this topic because is reminding many that sickness of such is there and to make people seat up in the kind of activities and food they consumed is very necessary including this guide to avoid and preventive measure many are putting down here is a very good one. Allot regards to this cancer is happening in our society today many with poor knowledge tagged it poison mostly in the rural area, that money is available is not everything that is eatables that Worth eating, you must check what your body need and what you don't. The kind of environment you exposed your body is very important also don't fail in carrying out especially the exercise that can body your anty Bodies.
This statement is enough to any one who really know that health is wealth , because no matter your wealth when your strike by sickness due to recklessness and inability to control what enters your mouth it will be very bad because time and appetite will not even be there to eat again why in the costudy of doctors.
It's no longer new things in our environment when ever we see money all the fresh food and locally made that contain what our body need to stay healthy turn out to become poison for us because the money to buy canned food is their forgetting that those canned food have preservatives that is not good for health when taken too much of it.

On the occasion of Cancer Day, I pray to God to bear the grief of every family affected by cancer and the families who have died of cancer. May Allah grant good health to cancer patients and rest in peace to those who died prematurely due to cancer. But my advice for every man is health conscious never neglect your health. Start your walking for at least 30 to 40 minutes every day and exercise regularly. Always avoid food with formalin and eat fresh food to keep yourself healthy. Because once the health is bad, that healthy health cannot be regained, so keep yourself safe before any disease takes root in the body. Get regular health checkups and live as advised by your doctor.  thank you

Cancer awareness is very important and I'm happy that a day in year is set aside to dwell on the dangers of this disease, I really hope that people all over the world will use the cancer day to reflect on the importance of adhering to these preventive measures that the OP has pointed out, also to create the awareness of having checkups for early detection, because if it is detected earlier, then it can be treated and the person can still be alive. I know a couple of women that have died from breast cancer complications because theirs were not detected early enough.

Your advises is good in general for people who want healthy lifestyle, but I'm not sure how much it can protect from cancer. Unfortunately, in general there is no effective prevention which can protect from cancer. And cancer doesn't pick people, whether you're young or old, healthy or ill, rich or poor.
But you mentioned very important aspect - people should visit doctors on regular basis for chekups. Finding cancer at early phase will increase chance to recover. Because in many cases it's just too late...

Almost everything in life has it celebration day, when we mark any of them, it will bring us to the remembrance of having them and doing without them is to us, we will learn to appreciate the nature and our natural self, cancer has dealt with so many people in life, the most ugliest of it all is that it has no cure, but there are ways or means to reduce the tendencies of us getting this disease when we follow some of the advanced medical tips and practice on a good living.

We need to take this seriously and thanks for the piece of advised and I would like to stress on few things like processed foods because I have seen some of my acquaintance battling cancer and post diagnosis they were informed it's due to the environment and processed food. I have lost one of my school teachers due to cancel and trust me the reason was he used to drink hot tea like 5 to 8 times in a day in one of those transparent disposable plastic cup. It's mainly environment and what we eat we need to try our best to dump these plastic and chemical based foods and move towards natural and organic. May god cure those who are battling cancer.

Health is very important to humanity in any society and, I believe many people will use that February 14th to learn so many things to boost their health by eating healthy food, go for regular check up without waiting for doctor to tell them that they have some Cancer or effection in their body and they need to spend some weeks or months in the hospital before it can be cure.

 There are environmental taskforce in my community and they don't play with the environmental day which is a special day be created for people to ensure their environment is well clean for people to experience good health in the society.

I agree with you, maintain a healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of cancer. If you experience something out of the ordinary such as a lump in the armpit, breast or other place, immediately see a doctor. 2022 is a year of mourning for me, my mother was fighting stage 4 breast cancer, but unfortunately cancer won her. What we regret is why we didn't check earlier when the lump appeared, my mother only told me when the condition dropped frequently. A lesson for you is never to underestimate a lump, especially for a long time, get it checked immediately, don't be afraid, don't let it be too late, which happened to us. rest in peace mama

Cancer is a very serious disease, in it, the risk of the young becomes real, that is, it first gets into the blood, and then gradually increases the speed, then it gets into the body, which makes the body sick. I will give you the example of my relative who had a small tumor, then he was diagnosed with cancer, then the cancer was not treated in time, then it gradually grew. Then he bumped into something in the crowd, after which he started making calls, after which he had to perform an operation. Then the part that is like this spread throughout the body. Then we cut off one of its feet But even after that, the disease did not stop, then we had to deal with what he had in such a way the arrangement was gone, and because of what he had, it had died gone.

4TH  February is World Cancer Day, and I would like to discuss ways one can adopt to reduce the risk of cancer, even though there are no proven ways to prevent it:

Exercise regularly, this will help to maintain a healthy weight and also boost your immune system.

Eat Healthy: Eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, grains. Limit red meat and processed foods.

Go for regular screening and Early detection checkups: many types of cancers are more treatable in their early stage for example breast cancer. Early detection will prevent it from spreading to another part of the body which improves the survival rate.

Protect your skin from the sun to prevent skin cancer by using sunscreen and protective clothing etc

Be aware of your environment for environmental toxins, and pollutants.

Go for vaccinations: some vaccines can help reduce the risk of certain cancers.

Remember to consult your healthcare professionals for your medical advice based on your lifestyle and health history.

For those who are fighting the battle against cancer, I wish that their bodies respond to treatment, and they get better soon.