This document discusses various types of cancer, their causes, symptoms, and prevention. It notes that cancer is curable if detected early, but that many cancers are diagnosed at late stages. Tobacco use is linked to 14 different cancers and accounts for over half of cancer deaths globally. The document outlines risk factors and signs of breast and cervical cancers, the most common cancers in Indian women, and emphasizes the importance of screening like pap smears to enable early detection and prevention. It aims to dispel common myths about cancer and stresses that prevention is better than cure.

1. 4TH FEBRUARY
"WORLD
CANCER
DAY"
DR. MALHAR PATEL

2. CANCER IS
CURABLE*
*If Detected Early

3. WHAT IS CANCER?

4. 1300 DEATHS PER DAY
NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY

5. >100 TYPES OF CANCER

7. TOBACCO
14
CANCERS

8. TOBACCO
DIET
OBESITY -
OVER WEIGHT

9. HEADNECKCANCER
60-80% 57.5% 15%
Diagnosed in
Advanced
Stage
Of Global
Burden
Tobacco use in
age of 30-40
years

12. WHEN YOU STOP TOBACCO
Pulse and Blood Pressure Returns to Normal.1 HOUR
12 HOURS Body Removes Excess Carbon Monoxide.
1 DAY Decreases Risk Of Heart Attack.
3 DAY Nicotine Level Decreases.
1 MONTH Lung Function Improves.
1 YEAR Risk Of Coronary Artery Disease Reduces to Half.
1 0 YEARS Chances Of Cancer Reduces 50%.
20 YEARS Life Of Non-Tobacco.

13. 1,50,000 NEW
CASES A YEAR
70,000
DEATHS A YEAR
60% DIAGNOSED IN LAST STAGE
- DIES IN A YEAR
NO SCREENING
PROGRAM
BREAST CANCER

14. RISK FACTORS
Female
Older Age
Family History
Menstrual History
Child Birth after 30Obesity
Diet
No Exercise
Stress
Hormones
Alcohol
Genetics

15. Sings & Symptoms

16. PREVENT BREAST CANCER

17. F O R G E T F U L
T O O B U S Y
WHY NOT??
L A C K O F K N O W L E D G E
FEAR
I AM YOUNG
EMBARRASSMENT
SHY

18. 1,32,000 New Cases/year
74,000 Death/year
INDIA
1 Death every 2 Minutes
WORLD
MOST COMMON CAUSE
OF CANER DEATH IN
INDIAN WOMEN
Cervical Cancer

19. SMOKING
MULTIPLE
DELIVERIES
STD
HPV
MULTIPLE
SEXUAL
PARTNERS
BAD
HYGINE
FAMILY
HISTORY

20. P R E V E N T I O N I S
N O T P O S S I B L E
U T E R U S
R E M O V E D ! !
N O T E S T ? ? ? ! ! !
N O S Y M P T O M
N O T E S T ! !
R E L A X I F
N O F A M I L Y
H I S T O R Y
MYTHS

21. SYMPTOMS
ABNORMAL
VAGINAL
DISCHARGE
PELVIC
PAIN
UNCOMFORTAB
LE URINATION
ABNORMAL
VAGINAL
BLEEDING
SEX IS NOT
ENJOYABLE
WEIGHT LOSS
WEAKNESS

22. PREVENT
" P R E V E N T I O N I S B E T T E R T H A N
C U R E "
PAP SMEAR
MAINTAIN HYGIENE
HEALTHY SEXUAL ACTIVITY
REGULAR CHECK UP
HPV VACCINE??

23. O U R W O M E N A R E
D I F F E R E N T
Should Not Compare Indian Etiology With Rest Of
The World

24. T R U T H A B O U T
H P V
>200 types of HPV Virus
Only 15-20 causes cancer
Spread by Skin to Skin
75% Population is
infected at Present!
HPV Infection is
present in Most of
Cervical Cancer
< 1% Infection Leads to
cervical cancer,
Takes 15-20 Years
Ony HPV is Not
Sufficient for Cancer
Vaccine is Not 100%
Protective.
PAP Smear Screening
is Compulsory.

25. Prevention Of Cancer
Is In Your Hand
Tobacco Diet Obesity
30% 30% 15%

26. RADIATION
CHEMOTHERAPY
SURGERY

27. Cancer is Death Sentence
Cancer is Always Familial
Cancer is Contagious
Cancer Spreads after Biopsy
Treatment is Painful
Only Cause is Tobacco
MYTH ABOUT CANCER

28. THANK
YOU!
DR. MALHAR PATEL
#WeCanICan
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