6 CANCERS YOU DON’T HAVE TO GET

World Cancer Day is Feb. 4Cancer. It’s a word people fear and a diagnosis that often inspires fatalism. However, as World Cancer Day raises awareness about the disease on Wed., Feb. 4, the Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (LCCCP) wants people to know there are at least six cancers they can easily avoid or catch early enough to beat. 1. Lung. Don’t smoke. Lung cancer is the most fatal cancer in the world and tobacco accounts for 90 percent of those deaths. That figure includes deaths from cigarettes, cigars and secondhand smoke, which is why businesses, municipalities and