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Consider this number: 10 million. That’s how many cases of cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year. Now consider this number: 15 million. That’s how many cases of cancer the World Health Organization estimates will be diagnosed in the year 2020 — a 50 percent increase — if we don’t get our act together.

Most cancers don’t develop overnight or out of nowhere. Cancer is largely predictable, the end result of a decades-long process, but just a few simple changes in your daily life can significantly reduce your risk. Here are 31 great tips.

1. Serve sauerkraut at your next picnic. A Finnish study found that the fermentation process involved in making sauerkraut produces several other cancer-fighting compounds, including ITCs, indoles, and sulforaphane. To reduce the sodium content, rinse canned or jarred sauerkraut before eating.

2. Eat your fill of broccoli, but steam it rather than microwaving it. Broccoli is a cancer-preventing superfood, one you should eat frequently. But take note: A Spanish study found that microwaving broccoli destroys 97 percent of the vegetable’s cancer-protective flavonoids. So steam it, eat it raw as a snack, or add it to soups and salads.

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Male breast cancer is not common, but is does affect many men in the world. Male breast cancer is rare and occurs mostly in men between the ages of 60-70, but does occur in men of all ages. Most men do not understand the disease or how to detect the symptoms in their own bodies. It is important to understand the male breast cancer symptoms for an early diagnosis and to treat the disease effectively. Early diagnosis can lead to a quick and successful recovery.

There are several important terms to understand describing male breast cancer, including:

Carcinoma- this is a term that describes a cancer that begins in the lining of an organ. Most male breast cancers are carcinomas.

Adenocarcinoma- this is a type of carcinoma that starts in the glandular tissue. Glandular tissue is the tissue in the body that makes and secretes a substance. Male breast cancer in this form shows up in the ducts and lobules of the breast tissue.

Carcinoma-in-situ- this is a term that describes the early stages of male breast cancer, normally when the cancer is still in the original cells that it started to form. This type of cancer is considered by most professionals to be pre-cancerous and non-invasive.

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There are three different types of skin cancer – basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.

Skin cancer can develop when cells grow and multiply without the normal controls that the body exercises. If left untreated cancerous skin cells can spread to the organs and bone tissues.

It is the most common form of cancer in humans with all forms of skin cancer increasing annually worldwide.

Brief details of each type

Basal cell carcinoma

The most common and originates in the lowest layer of the outer skin covering known as the epidermis.

Squamous cell carcinoma

The middle and upper layers of the epidermis consists the squamous cells, you can think of these as a scale like covering of the body and organs. This cancer can occur in many different organs. Apart from the outer covering of the body such as the skin, lips and mouth, it is also found in the throat, bladder, vagina, lungs, prostate and other internal organs.

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New research strongly suggests that a mix of preventative agents, such as those found in concentrated black raspberries, may more effectively inhibit cancer development than single agents aimed at shutting down a particular gene.

Researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center examined the effect of freeze-dried black raspberries on genes altered by a chemical carcinogen in an animal model of esophageal cancer.

The carcinogen affected the activity of some 2,200 genes in the animals’ esophagus in only one week, but 460 of those genes were restored to normal activity in animals that consumed freeze-dried black raspberry powder as part of their diet during the exposure.

These findings, published in recent issue of the journal Cancer Research, also helped identify 53 genes that may play a fundamental role in early cancer development and may therefore be important targets for chemoprevention agents.

“We have clearly shown that berries, which contain a variety of anticancer compounds, have a genome-wide effect on the expression of genes involved in cancer development,” says principal investigator Gary D. Stoner, a professor of pathology, human nutrition and medicine who studies dietary agents for the prevention of esophageal cancer.

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Most of us know someone who has or had cancer — a relative, a friend, a neighbour. Some of us know people who have or had cancer and we don’t even know it. And then there are people we don’t know but who we know of, people whose stories we know even though we’ve never met them. Here they are:

• Bob Marley: The iconic musician died as a result of melanoma
• Kylie Minogue: This starlet was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago but it’s in remission now.
• Delta Goodrem: This Aussie popstar was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease when she was 18 and is since in remission

• Ronald Regan: Was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1985 and skin cancer in 1987 – both were surgically removed
• Walt Disney: Died of lung cancer in 1966

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