2023-08-23 02:00:16
According to the WHO, tumors generate around 10 million deaths per year.
Although it is a disease that emerged thousands of years ago, it is currently the second most common cause of death on the planet.
Due to their extremely low incidence, there are some types of cancer classified as the rarest in the world, do you know what they are?
Tumors are becoming more frequent and in part it is due to the current lifestyle. This is a serious problem because it represents the second most frequent cause of mortality in the world, just below cardiovascular diseases. At the same time, while there are some types of cancer with a high incidence, there are also others that are quite rare and poorly understood.
First of all, some of the main risk factors are obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, smoking and alcoholism. Although the genetic part also influences because in some cases, such as neoplasms in children, the reason why they occur has not yet been defined with certainty.
But first, what is cancer?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) This is a group of diseases that can originate in almost any organ or tissue in the body when abnormal cells grow uncontrollably, exceed their normal limits and invade adjacent parts and/or spread to other areas. This last process is called metastasis and causes one of the deadliest stages.
In accordance with Tech Health, there are some such as breast, lung and prostate cancer that have become the most frequent. They are among the most reported cases in the world, although when detection occurs in its early stages there is a high probability of overcoming the disease.
What are the rarest types of cancer?
On the other hand, in the same way that some have a high incidence, there are also others in which the opposite occurs. To know the rarest types of cancer in the world, the doctor Doc.Jor He posted a video in which he mentions three that are very rare.
Male breast cancer.
Atypical rhabdoid teratoid tumors.
Heart tumors.
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In this vein, there is frequent talk about breast cancer and even October is the month destined to disseminate this disease. One of the problems is that many people think that it is a tumor that only women can develop, although it is not.
According to the WHO, Between 0.5 and 1% of the total cases reported on the planet occur in males. With this in mind, it means that there are between 11,500 and 23,000 patients per year.
For its part, the National Institutes of Health of the United States (NIH) mentions that atypical rhabdoid teratoid tumors They occur from the central nervous system. Its incidence is extremely low although its growth is rapid and it originates in the brain and spinal cord. It usually occurs in children three years of age or younger.
Finally there are the tumors in the heart. Its incidence is minimal and it is estimated that one case occurs for every 2,000 people. While one of the good news is that most primary cardiac tumors are benign.
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