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Monday, March 24, 2008 ♥ 11:01 AM
Eunice Olsen's Talk show Rouge.
Talked about breast cancer. And her personal life on how she battled it. After watching it, i was kinda afraid, because even as young as 15 years old can get it.
Health Promotion Board :about Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Singapore. About 1,100 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Through regular mammography screening, breast cancer can be detected early where treatment is generally more successful.
National Cancer Centre Singapore
Gynaecological cancers are cancers of the female reproductive tract. Statistics from the Singapore Cancer Registry show that cancers of the ovary, cervix and uterus are respectively the 4th, 5th and 7th highest ranking cancers afflicting Singapore women today (Table 1).
Ten Most Frequent Cancers affecting Females | Rank | Site | No. | | 1 | Breast | 5,500 | | 2 | Colo-rectum | 2,831 | | 3 | Lung | 1,597 | | 4 | Ovary | 1,055 | | 5 | Cervix | 1,033 | | 6 | Stomach | 966 | | 7 | Corpus uteri | 902 | | 8 | Skin (Incl. melanoma) | 822 | | 9 | Thyroid | 644 | | 10 | Lymphomas | 521 |
| Others | 3,767 |
| All sites | 19,638 | Source: Singapore Cancer Registry (1998 – 2002)
I'm already taking prevention measures. Need to keep myself safe & healthy. ----------------------------
for the benefit of ryan who requested that i put in the cancer dangers for male.***
National Cancer Centre Singapore.
Top 10 cancers affecting Singapore men | Site | Ranking | No. | | Colo-rectum | 1 | 3665 | | Lung | 2 | 3657 | | Prostate | 3 | 1773 | | Liver | 4 | 1660 | | Stomach | 5 | 1366 | | Nasopharynx | 6 | 1163 | | Skin (including melanoma) | 7 | 908 | | Lymphoma | 8 | 859 | | Bladder | 9 | 647 | | Leukaemia | 10 | 603 |
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