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Conditions Giving Rise to Cancer & Types of Cancer

Find alphabetical list of conditions giving rise to cancer & types cancer below. Read more about cancer here…

Conditions Giving Rise to Cancer:


The Top 5 Invasive Cancers Reported in South Africa (NCR 2019)

Males:

  1. Prostate
  2. Colorectal
  3. Lung
  4. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
  5. Melanoma

Females:

  1. Breast
  2. Cervix
  3. Colorectal
  4. Uterus
  5. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

The above-mentioned excludes non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC) including basal cell (BCC) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC).


Types of Cancer:


Nutrition:

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