What is the most interesting fact about cancer?

Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally — it accounts for 1 in 6 deaths around the world. Globally, approximately 70% of deaths from cancer occur in low- and middle-income countries. 30-50% of cancer cases are preventable.

What is an interesting fact about cancer cells?

Cancer cell growth is different from normal cell growth. Instead of dying, cancer cells continue to grow and form new, abnormal cells. Cancer cells can also invade (grow into) other tissues, something that normal cells cannot do. Growing out of control and invading other tissues are what makes a cell a cancer cell.

What is the most researched cancer?

Global cancer incidence: both sexes

Rank	Cancer	% of all cancers (excl. non-melanoma skin cancer)
	All cancers*
1	Lung	12.3%
2	Breast	12.3%
3	Colorectal **	10.6%

How did cancer get its name?

The word “cancer” came from the father of medicine: Hippocrates, a Greek physician. Hippocrates used the Greek words carcinos and carcinoma to describe tumors, thus calling cancer “karkinos.”1 The Greek terms actually were words that were used to describe a crab, which Hippocrates thought a tumor resembled.

Where is cancer most common in the world?

Global cancer rates: both sexes

Rank	Country	Age-standardised rate per 100,000
1	Australia	468.0
2	New Zealand	438.1
3	Ireland	373.7
4	Hungary	368.1

What does cancer research do with the money they raise?

One of the questions we’re asked most often is how we spend the donations we receive. For every £1 donated, 80p is used to beat cancer (the remaining 20p goes towards raising funds for the future). The majority that we spend each year goes towards our ground-breaking research.