AN OVERVIEW ON EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER: IMPORTANCE, EFFECTIVENESS, DETERMINENTS

Abstract

Today, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mainly cancer represents a leading threat
to human health and development. In the past few decades cancer was major killers in
developed countries but now it is becoming a global issue with marked rise in mortality
and morbidity in developing countries. Unlike developed countries the emergence of
cancer epidemic in the developing countries has attracted less comment and little public
health response although the developing countries contribute a great share to the global
burden of cancer. In management or controlling cancer, early detection is very important.
This review paper shows the current status of cancer in the world including low and
middle income countries and then introduces importance of early detection of cancer, its
evidences, effectiveness and several measures to manage cancer and early screening.