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Research has shown that every second person will develop cancer

The new analysis of British scientists say that one of the two Britons will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. British Center for Cancer Research claims that this assessment occurred through calculation and replaces previously forecast showed that one in three people will get sick from cancer. Also, longer life expectancy means that more people will be affected by this disease.

Fortunately, the cancer is not inevitable, and by improving the quality of life such as weight loss and quitting smoking can be significantly improved. Good news is that the number of survivors of cancer each year increases.

Surprising jump in black forecast appeared thanks to the precise methods of analysis of the risk of occurrence of cancer. However, new and old methods show the same long-term trend - increasing the risk.

Cancer will occur in 54% of men and 48% among women. Minor problems with cardiac-vascular diseases and infections means that people are starting to live long enough to develop cancer, but the leader of the research professor. Peter Sassi, University of London Queen Marry believes can achieve many things.

- Now we can do many things to prevent the emergence of cancer and I hope that over the years these predictions will be wrong, he stressed referring to the lifestyle that increases the risk of cancer, obesity, consumption of red meat and smoking.

Lung cancer is more common in women. Welcomed lifestyle can reduce the risk of cancer between 50 and 30%. The most common types of cancer are likely to remain prostate cancer and breast cancer. However, more common are the other types such as a tumor of the colon, which occurs due to thickness.

Scientists and doctors believe that we are at a crossroads where through quality strategy for prevention should immediately begin to act, because cancer is easily cured if early detect.