As you get older, your body's tissues start to damage. Your body's immunity system will be debilitated day by day. Your way of life, bad practices, food habits, and your existing disease condition—all these things make your body prone to being affected by cancer. These things are enough to be the cause of risk factors for cancer.

Sometimes, we are not aware of what is happening inside our body, which is supposed to be the precancerous conditions. Lack of concern or knowledge about cancer-related information is also the prime factor that hinders the prevention or treatment of cancer at a very early stage. Today we will discuss some cancer-related information we should know when we are reaching our 40s.

Types of cancer
When you are reaching your 40s, you may get affected by some types of cancers. Age is a great factor in the risk of cancer. At different ages, people are diagnosed with different types of cancers. The most common cancers in your 40s are as follows: 

• Melanoma (skin cancer)
• Thyroid cancer
• Breast cancer
• Cervical cancer 
• Brain cancer
• Intracranial cancer
• Colorectal cancer (colon and rectum cancer)
• Cancer of the head and neck
• Testicular cancer (affecting the testicle)
• Lymphoma (Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin) (cancer of the lymphatic system)
• Liver cancer
• Stomach cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Leukemia
• Lung cancer
• Uterine cancer

Symptoms
Acknowledgment of symptoms will help you to seek medical assistance at an earlier stage. If you find any of these below-mentioned symptoms, don't be late; visit a physician or oncologist as soon as possible.

• Lump in breast
• Unintentional weight loss
• Testicular lumps
• Fatigue
• Loss of appetite
• Night sweat
• Skin changes
• Non-period bleeding or discharge
• Pain in the belly or pelvic area
• Back pain
• Unusual coughing
• Blood in urine
• Bowel changes
• Rectal bleeding

Treatment
Mostly used treatments for cancers are-

• Surgery
• Radiation therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Anticancer drugs
• Targeted therapy
• Hormone therapy
• Immunotherapy
• Stem cell transplant

 There are some side effects of cancer treatment. So before starting cancer treatment, you should ask the physician or oncologist about all possible side effects. Then you will be mentally ready to go through all those side effects.
 
Chronic conditions and infections increase the risk of cancer in your 40s 

• Pulmonary disease
• Diabetes or prediabetes
• The abnormal uric acid level
• Trace proteinuria
• Abnormal glomerular filtration rate
• High heart rate
• Hypertension or prehypertension
• Low total cholesterol level
• Non-ideal body mass index
• Alcohol consumption
• Insufficient physical activity
• Insufficient fruit/vegetable intake
• Smoking
• Obesity
• Infections with Hepatitis B and C viruses, human papillomavirus, and Epstein-Barr virus
• Human immunodeficiency virus

Issues for the 40s with cancer
A cancer patient or would-be patient aged near about 40 years faces some issues-

• Financial Issue
• Wrong Diagnosis
• Social Issue
• Emotional issue
• Fear of death
• Disability
• Infertility

Healthy habits must be practiced from your 40s to prevent cancer

"Prevention is better than cure"

To control the risk factors of cancer affecting your living, you should add some healthy habits to your daily life routine at the very beginning of your 40s.

• Screening (The screening test is to check the presence of cancer in the human body with no symptoms. This technology can control cancer
• Cessation of smoking
• Avoiding excessive consumption of alcohol
• Less exposure to environmental carcinogens like asbestos, benzene, formaldehyde, and ultraviolet radiation
• Exercise
• Stress and anxiety control
• Regular health checkups
• Maintaining a healthy weight
• Less sugar intake
• Extra care of your bone
• Before going outside, don't forget to apply sunscreen
• Limiting sex partners
• Certain vaccinations (HPV vaccines)
• Scheduled sleeping
• Try to reach for more antioxidants
• Intake of Vitamin B12
• Avoid high-intensity workouts
• Increase the intake of calcium
• Meditation