Cancer in General

10 TYPES OF CANCER WITH THE BIGGEST NUMBERS IN BALI

Data of pathological anatomy of FK UNUD

9 HARMFUL ADDITIVES :

• Sodium nitrate and natrium nitrate – found in food preservatives or processed meat roducts
• Butylated hydrozyttoluene (BHT) and hydroxyanisole butylated (BHA) – found in processed foods, cereals, potato chips, vegetable oil, bubble gum
• Propyl gallate – found in processed food preservatives
• Monosodium glutamate (MSG) – found in canned soups, chips, crackers, salad sauce, processed foods
• Hydrogenated vegetable oil – found in trans oil
• Aspartam – found in yoghurt, pudding, soda and other sweet food
• Food coloring substances
• Olestra and margonda – found in processed fat
• Pottasium bromate – found in the bleaching agent that colors the flour white

7 TIPS TO REDUCE CANCER RISKS :

1. Do not smoke
2. Eat healthy food
3. Be active and avoid obesity
4. Avoid the sun light
5. Get immunization
6. Avoid unhealthy life style
7. Get regular screening

BREAST CANCER

• A cancer that commonly happens to women around the world with a rate of 19,3% – 89,7% in every 100,000 women (GLOBOCAN 2008).
• It was estimated that 508,000 women died of breast cancer in 2011 (Global Health Estimates, WHO 2013)
• RISK FACTORS :
• Age (Indonesia 35 – 49 yo)
• Fibrocystic breast disease
• Infertility
• Early menarche / late menopause (above 50 yo)
• First pregnancy in the age above 35 yo
• Non-breast feeding
• Radiation, alcohol, fatty food diet

10 TIPS FOR BREAST CANCER PREVENTION

1. Avoid obesity
2. Live a healthy food diet
3. Be active physically
4. Avoid alcoholic drinks
5. Avoid the use of hormone replacement therapy in menopause
6. Avoid smoking and cigarettes’ smoke
7. Do breast feeding as long as possible
8. Maintain a good level of fitness
9. Consider chemoprevention and aromatase inhibitors for high risk women