The most common cancers affecting women are breast, endometrial, cervical, ovarian, lung and skin cancers. Getting diagnosed with cancer is a very unsettling experience for the person suffering from the disease and for their family. Family medical history and lifestyle choices often play a pertinent role in a person's cancer risk. Nonetheless, cultivating healthy lifestyle habits such as quitting smoking or not smoking at all, having a good diet, carrying out physical activity on a regular basis, and controlling one's weight greatly reduce a person's cancer risk. This write up addresses the traits these cancers bear and preventive measures to be taken against them. 1. Breast Cancer Breast cancer can occur at any age and it is the most common cancer that women may face in their lifetime. A woman's risk for breast cancer increases with age, and one in eight women is diagnosed with breast cancer in a lifetime. Symptoms of breast cancer include: A cha...
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