cancer risk due to chronic diseases

A US study shows that chronic diseases such as Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and gouty arthritis  Cancer promotes and influences therapy.

There are many factors that can be responsible for the development of cancer and negatively influence the course of therapy. An unhealthy lifestyle with obesity, smoking and lack of exercise are among the first-mentioned cancer risks. The effects of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes and gouty arthritis on the development and occurrence of cancer has received little attention. Now, a US study involving more than 400.000 Taiwanese participants has demonstrated a direct link between chronic disease and cancer. The aim of the physicians at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston was to establish a link between chronic illness – cardiovascular diseases were defined in advance Diseases, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, lung disease and gouty arthritis – and new cancer, course of Cancer therapy and fatal outcome of cancer. To do this, they observed patients with at least one of the chronic diseases between 1997 and 2008. With an average observation period of 8,7 years, it emerged that the risk of cancer increased sharply if the chronic disease was not treated. Around 20,5 percent of all participants developed a new cancer. An alarming value that is similar to the value of all risk factors from an unhealthy lifestyle, such as unhealthy Nutrition, lack of exercise, smoking, stressful job, alcohol consumption and age.

Multiple Diagnosis of chronic diseases increase cancer risk

If study participants suffer from a chronic illness and an unhealthy lifestyle, the risk of cancer increases even more. The same applies to the Diagnosis several chronic diseases. The more the body is burdened by external circumstances of an unhealthy life and chronic diseases, the more likely a new cancer is to be diagnosed. Study participants who suffer from several chronic diseases and were exposed to other risk factors showed a 2,21 times higher probability of developing cancer. The risk of dying from cancer was even four times higher. This means that, according to the study, around a fifth of all new cancer cases and a third of all cancer deaths are related to a chronic disease. A distinction could not be made between the chronic diseases and the risk probabilities. Only Hypertension and lung diseases were completely excluded from the evaluation, as no effect on cancer could be proven.
What is striking is that women generally have a greater risk of developing or dying from cancer due to a chronic illness. The lifespan of women is around one and a half years shorter than that of men.

Chronic diseases must be taken into account in cancer prevention

In conclusion, it can be said that in addition to a healthy lifestyle, with little alcohol, abstinence from smoking, a healthy BMI and a balanced diet and relaxation, the treatment of chronic diseases is crucial in cancer prevention. Exercise plays an important part in prevention. Study participants who Sports According to the study, women who exercised reduced their risk of developing a new disease by up to 48 percent compared to those who did not exercise. In the case of cancer, exercise also had a positive effect on the course of treatment. The risk of dying from the effects of cancer was 27 percent lower than for women who did not exercise.