Cancer is the leading cause of death in the world and causes more than 13 percent of deaths each year (Gale). Cancer is a term for a disease that can take place in any part of the body. Doctors have come up with multiple risk factors that can lead to the development of cancer and a number of successful treatment and prevention strategies, many types of cancer can’t be cured and much still remains a mystery (Gale). There are many risk factors that are often linked to cancer. External factors include the toxins in the environment, cigarettes, alcohol, and radiation can cause it (Gale). Being out in the sun too much can cause skin cancer, especially if you don’t use sun screen (Gale). People can also develop cancer through genetics. Scientists
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While doctors agree that not smoking, cutting down on alcohol, wearing sunscreen, having safe sex, and eating a healthy diet, are all keys to cutting the risk of getting cancer, there is still less agreement about other things (Gale). “For example, groups such as the Nonprofit Environmental Working Groups, insist that their research shows that ingredients in common sunscreens, such as Oxybenzone and retinyl palimate, actually promote rather than prevent cancer (Gale).” They urge people to choose only nonchemical sunscreens that physically block the sun’s cancer causing radiation (Gale). “Other groups such as the Skin Cancer Foundation disagree, arguing that the Environmental Working Group’s research is in its early stages and should not cause people to stop wearing sunscreen. In July 2011, scientists in Toronto, Canada separated the stem cells of a human bond, which could be good news for the future in fighting cancer (Gale). “A stem cell is a cell that can differentiate into different kinds of cells. Scientists believe these stem cells can be used to combat certain types of cancer through cell- replacement therapy (Gale).” But as with many cases of stem- cell therapies, it’s still in an experimental stage and faces force in the U.S. They can be found in bone marrow and in umbilical cord blood and embryos (Gale). In the end, evening and preventing cancer is still a mystery, and
While doctors agree that not smoking, cutting down on alcohol, wearing sunscreen, having safe sex, and eating a healthy diet, are all keys to cutting the risk of getting cancer, there is still less agreement about other things (Gale). “For example, groups such as the Nonprofit Environmental Working Groups, insist that their research shows that ingredients in common sunscreens, such as Oxybenzone and retinyl palimate, actually promote rather than prevent cancer (Gale).” They urge people to choose only nonchemical sunscreens that physically block the sun’s cancer causing radiation (Gale). “Other groups such as the Skin Cancer Foundation disagree, arguing that the Environmental Working Group’s research is in its early stages and should not cause people to stop wearing sunscreen. In July 2011, scientists in Toronto, Canada separated the stem cells of a human bond, which could be good news for the future in fighting cancer (Gale). “A stem cell is a cell that can differentiate into different kinds of cells. Scientists believe these stem cells can be used to combat certain types of cancer through cell- replacement therapy (Gale).” But as with many cases of stem- cell therapies, it’s still in an experimental stage and faces force in the U.S. They can be found in bone marrow and in umbilical cord blood and embryos (Gale). In the end, evening and preventing cancer is still a mystery, and