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What do you mean by cancer? What is the symptoms of cancer? What its causes, prevention and remedies to protect from?
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Cancer is caused by abnormal uncontrolled growth of cells of the body. It may present as lump ulceration bleeding weight loss unexplained fever nagging cough altered bowel habits, difficulty in swallowing etc depending on the site and stage. It can be due to lifestyle changes like sedentary lifestyle unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, hormone related, viruses like hiv, hpv ebv etc, genetic or due to exposure to carcinogens like tobacco alcohol pollution pesticides radiation exposure industrial affluent etc. One has eat healthy, stay healthy and go for regular screening check ups to avoid the disease or to diagnose it early.
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