Contents:
- Medical Video: 5 Common Signs of Heart Disease
- Types of cancer in men that often occur
- 1. Lung cancer
- 2. Prostate cancer
- 3. Colon cancer
- 4. Stomach cancer
- 5. Liver cancer
Medical Video: 5 Common Signs of Heart Disease
Cancer is one of the main causes of death worldwide. Cancer attacks indiscriminately, both women and men. There are several types of cancer in men that are most common. Come on, recognize and prevent before it's too late.
Types of cancer in men that often occur
According to data from GLOBOCAN (IARC) in 2012, there are five types of cancer in men that occur most often. In fact, cancer in men causes a high mortality rate. The following types of cancer in men should be aware of.
1. Lung cancer
Lung cancer is the highest first type of cancer in men in Indonesia. Judging from GLOBOCAN data, there are 34.2 percent of new cases of lung cancer. While the death rate from cancer is 30 percent.
Not only in Indonesia, based on the CDC data said that 81 out of 100,000 men are at risk of developing lung cancer. Lung cancer has killed approximately 88,000 men in the United States in 2007.
Lung cancer usually does not cause symptoms at the beginning. However, when symptoms appear, you will feel shortness of breath, coughing, chest pain, breathing sounds, hoarseness, and coughing up blood.
2. Prostate cancer
Based on GLOBOCAN data, prostate cancer has a much lower percentage of deaths compared to the percentage of new cases. So if this cancer can be detected and dealt with early, the chances of recovery will be higher.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. The risk of prostate cancer increases in old age. Similar to other types of cancer, prostate cancer often occurs without any symptoms. Therefore, if you are over 50 years old, you should screen for prostate cancer with a blood test called PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen).
However, other symptoms may occur if it is advanced. These symptoms include difficulty urinating, bleeding urine, and bone pain.
3. Colon cancer
The type of cancer in men that needs to be watched out for is colon cancer. Cases of colon cancer are more experienced by men than women.
Symptoms that may appear are changes in bowel habits, bleeding through the rectum, abdominal pain, and weight loss.
To reduce your risk, be sure to carry out cancer examinations, regular exercise, eat healthy foods, maintain weight, not smoke, and limit alcoholic beverages.
4. Stomach cancer
Stomach cancer (gastric adenocarcinoma) or also known as gastric cancer is one of the most painful cancers.
Gastric cancer is often not detected because it does not have obvious initial symptoms. However, if it causes symptoms, it usually includes nausea and vomiting, experiencing symptoms of gastric acid reflux such as the chest and upper stomach feels sore (heartburn), loss of appetite, and drastic weight loss.
5. Liver cancer
The type of cancer in men who need to be aware of next is liver cancer. Judging from the GLOBOCAN data, the number of new events and deaths from liver cancer is not much different. As many as 15.3 percent of new cases of liver cancer, and the death rate from liver cancer in men is 14.3 percent.
