Cancer is a group of many diseases caused by out-of-control multiplication and spread of abnormal cells. There are over 100 different types of cancer, and each is classified by the type of cell that is initially affected.
Cancer harms the body when damaged cells divide uncontrollably to form lumps or masses of tissue called tumors (except in the case of leukemia where cancer prohibits normal blood function by abnormal cell division in the blood stream). Tumors can grow and interfere with the digestive, nervous, and circulatory systems and they can release hormones that alter body function. Tumors that stay in one spot and demonstrate limited growth are generally considered to be benign.
The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is oncology.
Cancer affects people at all ages with the risk for most types increasing with age. It caused about 13% of all human deaths in 2007 (7.6 million).
Cancers are primarily an environmental disease with 90-95% of cases due to lifestyle and environmental factors and 5-10% due to genetics. Common environmental factors leading to cancer death include: tobacco (25-30%), diet and obesity (30-35%), infections (15-20%), radiation, stress, lack of physical activity, environmental pollutants. These environmental factors cause abnormalities in the genetic material of cells.
Some cancers can be caused by infection. This is especially true in animals such as birds but also in humans with viruses responsible for up to 20% of human cancers worldwide.
Greater than 30% of cancer is preventable via avoiding risk factors including: tobacco, overweight or obesity , low fruit and vegetable intake, physical inactivity, alcohol, sexually transmitted infection, air pollution. This can be accomplished by avoiding carcinogens or altering their metabolism, pursuing a lifestyle or diet that modifies cancer-causing factors and/or medical intervention.
Many movie makers used cancer as their central idea/ subject for their movie. After a long research work I able to get details of at least 28 movies. Following are the details of well known Cancer subject movies with proper reference link.
1) Love Story Year – 1970 Director – Arthur Hiller Country – USA Language - English Year -1971 Director - Hrishikesh Mukherjee Country - India Language - Hindi 3) Brian's Song Year – 1971 Director – Buzz Kulik Country – USA Language - English Year - 1973 Country - USA Language - English 5) Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se Director - Hiren Nag Country - India Language - Hindi Year - 1982 Director - Sunil Dutt Country - India Language - Hindi Year – 1983 Director – Ralph L. Thomas Country – USA / Canada Language - English 8) Terms of Enderments Year – 1983 Director – James L. Brooks Country - USA Language - English Year - 1990 Director - Malcolm Mowbray Country - UK / USA Language - English 10) The Doctor Year – 1991 Director – Randa Haines Country - USA Language - English 11) Medicine Man Year – 1992 Director – John McTiernan Country - USA / Canada Language - English 12) A Message from Holly Year - 1992 Director - Rod Holcomb Country - USA Language - English 13) My Life Year - 1993 Director: Bruce Joel Rubin Country: USA Language: English 14) My Breast Year - 1994 Director - Betty Thomas Country - USA Language - English 15) Stepmom Year - 1998 Director - Chris Columbus Country - USA Language - English Year – 2001 Director – Mike Nichols Country – USA Language - English 17) Life as a House Year - 2001 Director - Irwin Winkler Country - USA Language - English Year – 2001 Director – Pat O'Connor Country - USA Language - English 19) A Walk To Remember Year – 2002 Director – Adam Shanlman Country - USA Language - English 20) My Life Without Me Year – 2003 Director – Isabel Coixet Country – Canada / Spain Language - English Year – 2004 Director - Sandeep Sawant Country - India Language - Marathi 22) The Bucket List Year – 2007 Director – Rob Reiner Country – USA Language - English 23) Ghost Rider Year – 2007 Director – Mark Steven Johnson Country - USA / Canada Language - English 24) Crazy Sexy Cancer Director – Kris Carr Year – 2007 Country - USA Language - English 25) Living Proof Year - 2008 Director - Dan Ireland Country - USA Language - English 26) My Sister's Keeper Year – 2009 Director – Nick Cassavetes Country - USA Language - English 27) Fanboys Year - 2009 Director – Kyle Newmen Country - USA Language - English 28) Burzynski, The Movie Year – 2010 Director – Eric Merola Country - USA Language - English
2) Anand
4) Sunshine
Director - Joseph Sargent
Year - 1978
6) Dard Ka Rishta
7) The Terry Fox Story
9) Don't Tell Her It's Me
16) Wit
18) Sweet November
21) Shwaas
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