Accounting for ~22% of all deaths, cancer is the second leading cause of death in most developed countries, behind only heart disease. General information can be found in the Wikipedia article.
50% of men and 33% of women will be diagnosed with cancer. A "healthy lifestyle pattern" significantly reduces overall risk for cancer [PMID 27196525
].
5-10% of cancers are considered hereditary in origin, MD Anderson youtube video
See also
- Bladder cancer
- Breast cancer
- Colon cancer
- Endometrial cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Head and neck cancer
- Lung cancer
- Lymphoma
- Ovarian cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Skin cancer
- Testicular cancer
- Wilms tumor
A SNP that reduces cancer risk among Chinese
Variations in the p53 tumor supressor protein affect cancer susceptibility.
A synthetic molecule causes cancer cells to self-destruct by activating an enzyme called procapsase-3.
rs2273535 is reported to play a role in several cancers [PMID 15802297]
A variant was found in the SUOX gene in a "cancer cluster" of children with leukemia; the variant also appeared in about 40 percent of children in a control group.
A SNP in the DNA repair gene RAD1 lowers the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. [PMID 17118968]
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma [PMID 16536979]
