non-communicable

• non- communicable disease are those that cannot be spread person to person, such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes
• human cost- lower quality of life, shorter life span
• financial cost- on the NHS, for treatment and research longterm
• risk factors- smoking, obesity, alcohol, stress, lack of exercise, family history
• cancer is caused by the uncontrolled cell growth and division of abnormal cells
• benign is where the tumour is contained within the body and does not spread
• malignant is where the tumour is cancerous and can spread to other parts of the body
• risk factors of cancer include: smoking, obesity, UV exposure, family history