What Are The Causes Of Colon Cancer
Published on May 11 2010, in the categories: effects
After reading very many thing regarding colon cancer risk factors, development and after you have seen some of the statistics of this disease, the next thing you will want to ask is what are the causes of colon cancer and why this disease is formed. However, these questions are nor easy to answer at all. In fact not even doctors or researches can tell exactly what are the causes of colon cancer.
However, there are certain risk factors, that can favor the development of this type of cancer and some of them can be controlled by the individual’s action, while others are factors that can not be influenced by the prevention that a potential colon cancer patient can do. These risk factors are presented here.
The first and most important one is the age of the patient. Even if colon cancer can affect an individual no matter what age is he, in the great majority of cases, about 91 percent, colon cancer affects individuals that are over the age of 50. Cancer usually occurs in people that are aged between 60 and 79, these ages’ categories being the ones with the most deaths too.
However, the gender of the individual does not seem to be a risk factor, because the disease affects both man and woman, approximately equal. About 75,590 men and 71,380 women were diagnosed with this disease in 2009. So, colon cancer is one of the leasing causes in cancer related deaths in the United States, about 50000 from all those diagnosed died because of this cancer type.
Diet is considered to be another important risk factor. When an individual eats for many years high fat foods and a lot of meat, the chances of developing colon cancer are higher. On the other hand, if you have a healthy diet, based on low fat foods and high in whole grains aliments, fruits and vegetables, your chances on developing some time colon cancer are lower.
And if you have a healthy diet combined with exercise every day for at least 30 minutes, your general health will be improved and your body strength to fight any disease will increase. Smoking and drinking alcohol are also risk factors. Smokers are 30 to 40 percent more likely than nonsmokers to die of because of colon cancer according to some studies. Drinking every day is also a great cause of this disease.
All these risk factors, except of the age of the individual are elements that can be controlled with the individual’s action. However, another important risk factor that is not under the influence of a person is a family history regarding colon cancer. Having a person in your family that had sometime colon cancer means that you can also develop it, so the family heritage is a great risk factor of this disease.
However, there are certain risk factors, that can favor the development of this type of cancer and some of them can be controlled by the individual’s action, while others are factors that can not be influenced by the prevention that a potential colon cancer patient can do. These risk factors are presented here.
The first and most important one is the age of the patient. Even if colon cancer can affect an individual no matter what age is he, in the great majority of cases, about 91 percent, colon cancer affects individuals that are over the age of 50. Cancer usually occurs in people that are aged between 60 and 79, these ages’ categories being the ones with the most deaths too.
However, the gender of the individual does not seem to be a risk factor, because the disease affects both man and woman, approximately equal. About 75,590 men and 71,380 women were diagnosed with this disease in 2009. So, colon cancer is one of the leasing causes in cancer related deaths in the United States, about 50000 from all those diagnosed died because of this cancer type.
Diet is considered to be another important risk factor. When an individual eats for many years high fat foods and a lot of meat, the chances of developing colon cancer are higher. On the other hand, if you have a healthy diet, based on low fat foods and high in whole grains aliments, fruits and vegetables, your chances on developing some time colon cancer are lower.
And if you have a healthy diet combined with exercise every day for at least 30 minutes, your general health will be improved and your body strength to fight any disease will increase. Smoking and drinking alcohol are also risk factors. Smokers are 30 to 40 percent more likely than nonsmokers to die of because of colon cancer according to some studies. Drinking every day is also a great cause of this disease.
All these risk factors, except of the age of the individual are elements that can be controlled with the individual’s action. However, another important risk factor that is not under the influence of a person is a family history regarding colon cancer. Having a person in your family that had sometime colon cancer means that you can also develop it, so the family heritage is a great risk factor of this disease.
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