In recognition of World Cancer Day 2025, Dr. Rajkumar Prakash, Consultant Surgical Oncologist at Narayana Hospital, Guwahati, ...

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What is Cancer? | Dr. Rajkumar Prakash | World Cancer Day 2025

[Music] hello I am Dr Rajkumar prakash I am a surgical oncologist I'm working as a consultant in Surgical Oncology at Nana super Speciality Hospital ghati what is World cancer day it's an initiative by the UIC that is the union for international control of cancer and every year on the 4th of February uh it is observed and it is also observed by the United Nations and it aims to promote prevention early detection and treatment of cancer the theme for this year is United by unique a new theme is declared every 2 to 3 years and in this new theme it's a campaign to place people at the center of care and the stories at the heart of the conversation we are planning to treat the person not just the disease everyone is unique and so is their requirement and the needs in terms of social psychological and financial and logistic support personalized approach to each and everyone is needed what is the significance of world cancer day various reles awareness programs and events are organized worldwide to show support to those effec Ed by cancer it create awareness among the general public and Target misinformation and cut down the social stigma associated with cancer it aims to reduce the suffering that is preventable and it aims to reduce the illness and death caused by cancer how does cancer form in our body cancer is an uncontrolled growth of cells inside an organ of our body body and the division of cells is usually tightly regulated by various mechanism however when it fails mutations happens and it forms cancer in various parts of our body however not every case of cancer could be pointed to a causitive factor many cancer happens without any risk factor also it's basically a chance even the mutation can be of two types sporadic that is non-transmissible mutations that doesn't get transmitted down to the family line and familial or hereditary that is transmittable down to the family line luckily however most of the cancer are non-transmittable they cannot be transferred down to the family members what are the most common type of cancer overall breast cancer is the most common type of cancer followed by cervical cancer both breast and cervical cancer however female cancers in males oral cancer lung cancer stomach and esophagus are quite common Northeast is a hot spot for Cancer all over India according to icmr data various hotspot areas exist inside the Northeast India the East Kashi Hills of meal isol in mizoram palare in arachel Pradesh and kamu Metro in ghati are Hotpot of cancer in this side of our country esophagal cancer stomach cancer gallbladder cancer and neopal carcinomas are quite common what are the common signs and symptoms of cancer specific manifestation depending upon the organ affected by cancer exists however I will not go into the specific details on a broader view a person affected by cancer can have generalized manifestation like weakness extreme weakness decreased appetite or significant weight loss defined as around more than 10% body weight loss in a duration of 6 months there are certain specific signs and symptoms of cancer also like a recent onset lump in our body in any part of the body it can be an ulcer non-healing ulcer in the mouth or in the on the skin it can be bleeding or blood in the mucus it can be a bleeding or blood seen in the sputum the stool or the urine or in the vomitas there can be heness of voice there can be difficulty in swallowing there can be pain in the abdomen or the chest there can be a bowel disturbance in the form of constipation diara or passage of mucus in the spool thank you

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