Nutrition and cancer.
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2006-12
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University of Nursing, Yangon
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Cancer is a life threatening condition; it constitutes a major health problem. Cancer may become economic burden on family and country as well as the global burden. The connection between diet and the development of cancer has not been precisely defined or conclusively established. Preliminary data suggest dietary habits may increase a person's cancer risk particularly for breast, colorectal, endometrial, ovarian and prostate cancer. It is estimated that 30% of all cancers in men and 60% of cancers in women are diet related.
There are currently about 10 million people with cancer and more than 10 percent of them died in 2000. Cancer is reported as a major global problem. It is estimated that there will be 15 millions new cases of cancer in 2020. High risks of cancer are stated as getting old and unhealthy life styles, such as smoking tobacco and eating fatty and high calorie diet (Nancy, S.2003).
Cancer is one of the priority diseases of National Health Plan (1996-2001). The incidence of cancer is rising continuously at the rate; 1172 per 100,000 populations for the year 1994. In the last two decades, it was 80 per 100,000 populations. To cite obvious example, the overall yearly incidence rate for Yangon area in the years 1993 through 2001 was ranged from 73.1 to 89.0 per 100,000 populations (Soe Aung, 2002). Total financial burden of cancer affects to the individual patient, family and society. National Health Policy for Cancer Control Program has laid dawn in National Health Plan (NHP, 1996-2001) and aimed to reduce the incidence of cancer to 60 % within 10 years.
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Kaw Nau. Nutrition and cancer. Myanmar Nursing and Midwifery Journal. 2006 Dec; 1(1): 40-45.