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“Cancer” is one of the most dangerous disease that is more common than you thought. According to the latest global cancer data from WHO, cancer has increased to 19.3 million new cases, and 10 million cancer deaths in 2020. It means that 1 out of 5 people worldwide is at risk of developing cancer during their lifetime. The most common cancers are Colorectal cancer, Bile duct and Liver cancer, Lung cancer, Breast cancer, and Prostate cancer.

Lung cancer is caused by the uncontrolled lung cells production that eventually form a cancerous tumor in the lung which will decrease the lung’s function. The severity of lung cancer can be divided into 2 main types depending on its severity such as:

“Cancer” is the most common cause of death in Thailand. You may have heard some kinds of cancer, like liver cancer, lung cancer, or colon cancer, but there are still several rare cancer that you may not have heard about. Let’s find out which organs or parts of the body can have cancer.

Leukemia is a broad term of blood cancer caused by the overproduction of the abnormal white blood cells. Patients with Leukemia will easily get infection, feel exhausted, and have bleeding disorder like bleeding gums or bruises on the skin. 

Lung cancer is caused by uncontrolled abnormal cell’s growth in tissues of the lung that form a malignant lung tumor. As you know, smoking is the main risk factor of lung cancer but there are other risk factors of lung cancer that you may not know. 

คลำเจอก้อนบริเวณคอต้องรีบพบแพทย์ เพราะอาจเสี่ยงเป็นมะเร็งต่อมไทรอยด์ หากไม่รีบรักษาอาจแพร่กระจายไปต่อมน้ำเหลือและกระดูก แต่รักษาให้หายขาดได้ 70 – 80%

A lot of people might misunderstand that blood in the stool is only a sign of hemorrhoid so they ignore it, but the truth is, blood in the stool is also a sign of colorectal cancer. 

Lots of people may be worried about the side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, chemotherapy doesn’t cause death but it causes side effects on the patients who got an infection because of the low level of white blood cell count.

Besides COVID-19, cancer is also a disease that we need to be cautious of in order to prevent delays in treatment. Let’s see the primary treatment for breast cancer.