Cancer: the avoidable risk factors Dr S.M. Bose Cancer is believed to be a disease of modernisation and, is, therefore, supposed to be more common in developed countries. But this is not wholly true. Cancer is now very commonly seen in developing countries like India also. It is estimated that about 10 lakh new patients of cancer are added annually to the already existing number. Unfortunately, a majority of these patients are not only suffering …showed first 75 words of 1207 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1207 total…has been estimated that the following categories of women are more prone to develop breast cancer : (a) spinsters; (b) women who has not given birth to a child or have given birth to their first child after the age of 30 years, (c) women who have a long menstrual life. The writer, President of the Association of Surgeons of India, is a former Head, Department of Surgery, PGI, Chandigarh. CITE - tribune india www.tribuneindia.com