Early detection of cancers definitely leads to a much higher chance of a cure, but there are still those amongst us who would ‘rather not know.’  There is not much argument these days that breast examinations, colonoscopy and skin checks definitely save lives, but there is still debate about prostate blood tests and digital exams picking up prostate disease. One recent resounding statement from a big boss in the Urology Department at a prominent clinical hospital hit a home run with me. He said he had never come across a patient dying of prostate cancer who was glad he didn’t have a routine check. Think about it.

In the breast cancer capital of the world - (the USA) around 50,000 women have died from breast cancer in the last 12 months and about the same number of men succumbed to prostate cancer. It has become a 50s and 60s age group thing - and believe me, that’s not OLD.

So why is cancer becoming a larger part of our lives?  Is it because we are living longer?  No, that one doesn’t work for me. By the way, if you are a cigarette smoker; don’t bother to read on. Just sit there, visualize what the inside of your lungs look like - and the inside of your blood vessels- and the toxic poisons spread through your body tissues. Enough said. Now for the other 75% of the population who don’t smoke.

The real reasons are -

• We eat too much
• Not enough vegetables and fruit
• ‘Grease’ is the word
• Fibre or Fiber
• Things with Flav names
• Booze
• Fatter people - fatter chance of cancer
• Inactive - in trouble
• Just in case the nicotine nuts did read this far - don’t smoke cigarettes

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