Disease guides

If cervical cancer is found at stage I, about 92% of women will be alive after five years. 90% of cases of this neoplasm can be avoided using the HPV vaccine at ages 11-12. Three of every fourth cervix tumor cases can be prevented by screening. At stage I, there are zero cervical cancer symptoms.

About 1 in 78 women will get ovarian tumors at some point. Breastfeeding for 12 months decreases the chance of getting ovarian cancer by 34%. Women with a BRCA1 mutation have a 35% to 70% chance of malignancy in their ovaries. Between 20% and 25% of women with malignant neoplasm in ovaries have a family history.

90% of colon cancer is curable if caught early. Every 3-4th patient of colorectal cancer has a family history of it. 60% of death because of colorectal cancer can be prevented by screening. 85% of small bowel cancer patients detected at the early stages live five years and more.

Bone cancer is rare, comprising under 1% of all tumors. Primary locations are less than 0.2%. The specific chromosome changes are detected in 95% of patients with Ewing sarcoma. Only every third with osteosarcoma has night bone pain, and every five with Ewing sarcoma.

Kidney cancer affects 1 in 46 men. Women have a 1.03% (1 in 80) risk. Smoking increases the risk of kidney malignancy in men by 50%. Localized kidney cancer had a 5-year survival rate of 93%. 64 y.o. is the average age when malignant kidney neoplasm is diagnosed.

80-90% of lung cancer death caused because of smoking. Cancer in the lungs kills three times more men than prostate tumors. Only 15% of lung tumors are detected when the survival rate is 53.5%. Most patients with tumors in the lung are diagnosed when five years of survival is only 3.9%.