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CancerKenneth

Hyunmin KimKamiah Noah H.Zaharia Alex M.

Lifetime HealthChapter 14: Section 3

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What is Cancer?

• Cancer is a disease in which the regular way that the body repairs breaks down, thus causing damaged cells to divide rapidly and uncontrollably.


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Cancer Statistics

• More than 1 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year in the United States.

• Cancer is the second leading cause of death, after cardiovascular disease(CVD).


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Lung Tumor Forming

Cancer Statistics(cont.)Lifetime Health

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Formation

• Damaged and mutated cells divide uncontrollably

• Cancer cells join together to form a tumor• Some cancer cells separate from the

tumor and invade blood and lymph vessels


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How Does Cancer Form? (cont.)

• The cancer cells can then travel to other parts of the body and can eventually form new tumors


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Cancer Animations-See Animation 1

http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/cancer/activities/activity2_animations.htm

http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/cancer/activities/activity2_animations.htm

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Effects of Cancer

• Cancer cells tear through and crush neighboring tissues, strangle blood vessels, and take wholesome nutrients from healthy cells


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What Causes Cancer?

• Cancer can be caused by controllable and uncontrollable risk factors

• In most cases cancer is caused by a carcinogen


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What is a Carcinogen?

• A carcinogen is any substance, or radioactive product that can cause cancer

• Surprisingly, all humans are exposed to carcinogens in our daily lives, although many cancer-causing carcinogens can be avoided


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Examples of Carcinogens

• Oncoviruses, viruses that can potentially cause cancer.

• Radioactivity and Ultraviolet Rays• Chemicals that can be found in tobacco

smoke.• These are only some examples of

possible carcinogens.


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Examples of Types of Cancers

• Breast Cancer-Cancer of the breast tissue; mostly

found in women but 1% of cases can be found in men.

-About 31% of people diagnosed with breast cancer die of it.


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Examples of Types of Cancers(cont.)

• Prostate Cancer-Cancer of the male reproductive

system.-About 15% of men diagnosed with

prostate cancer die of it.


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Examples of Types of Cancers(cont.)

• Skin Cancer-Cancer that affects the skin-About 17% of those diagnosed with

skin cancer die of it.


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Diagnosing and Treating Cancer

• Cancer is detected and treated in many ways, of course depending on the cancer in question

• Some may only require regular check-ups, while others may require surgery, or chemotherapy


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Living with Cancer

• Cancer victims often feel sluggish or weak• In children, they can feel upset and

apprehensive about unsettling surroundings


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Five Steps to Protect Yourself

• Don’t smoke or quit smoking• Protect your skin(sunscreen)• Eat nutritously• Stay active and keep in shape(round isn’t

a shape)• Get regular medical checkups


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Thank You


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