Cancer control (Primary Prevention)
Cancer control consists of a series of measures based on present medical knowledge in the fields of prevention, early detection through screening and population education, diagnosis, treatment, after care and rehabilitation, aimed at reducing the number of new cases, increasing the number of “cures†and reducing the invalidism due to cancer.
The basic approach to the control of cancer is through primary prevention and secondary prevention. It is estimated that at least one third of all cancers are preventable. If we analyze the causes of cancer it is seen that environmental factors are the most important in causation of cancer which are modifiable. Genetic factors which are not modifiable are responsible in small number of cases of cancer.
Categories: Cancer Tags: Danger signals, Energy balance, Personal hygiene, Screening for Cancer
