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 * Harrison
 * Most commonly occurring cancer
 * Kat
 * 213,280 people are diagnosed annually
 * Causes: 1. Smoking (tobacco accounts for 90%) 2.Polluted air
 * Symptoms: Coughing, difficulty breathing, wheezing, coughing up blood, chest pain
 * Avoid cigarettes and smoking tobacco products
 * "Friends don't let friends smoke"
 * Blair
 * Symptoms: loss of sexual activity, sexual withdrawal, blood in semen, abnormal sensitivity
 * 8,000 cases diagnosed annually in US
 * 1 in 250 men get it
 * Patricia
 * Pancreatic Cancer-hard to catch because it is hidden away under the stomach and has no red flag symptoms
 * Symptoms: abdominal pain, illness, weight loss, jaundice, and depression
 * Prevention: take vitamin D supplement and B12, B6, and folate within food
 * Treatment: Surgery of chemotherapy
 * Massey
 * Children's Leukemia-starts in the bone marrow and spread throughout the blood
 * In adults, only in flat bones
 * Cancer cells enter bone marrow
 * Can affect immune system
 * 3 types of leukemia
 * Usually affects children between ages 2 and 4
 * Faith-mouth cancer
 * 34,000 people in america get oral cancer annually
 * most begin in the tongue and floor of the mouth
 * Bill-Lung Cancer
 * Most common cause of cancer related death for men and second for women
 * 1.3 million deaths per year
 * Treatment: Radiation or Chemotherapy
 * or the infected lung can be removed
 * or only part of the lung can be removed
 * 5 year survival rate of less than 1%
 * Emily-Lung cancer
 * Leading cause of cancer in men and second in women
 * Uncontrolled self-growth
 * Most causes are tobacco smoke, radiation, or viral infection
 * Can cause trouble breathing and contribute to causing pneumonia
 * Chest x-ray shows cancer
 * Stage 1-cancer in the lung
 * 2 and 3-in the chest with a larger tumor
 * 4-spread to other parts of the body
 * Keaton: colon cancer
 * cancer found in abdominals or rectum
 * 3rd leading cause of cancer is the US
 * 2nd in the UK
 * Treated by surgery followed by chemotherapy
 * Risk factors: age, family history, diet, alcohol consumption
 * Caroline: Leukemia
 * Cancer of the blood or bone marrow
 * 30,800 diagnosed annually since 1997
 * 21,700 die from it
 * 2 types: acute and chronic
 * Dede: Melanoma
 * most serious type of skin cancer
 * more time in the sun causes the melanocytes to produce more melanin thus making the skin more tan
 * 82% of women do not use sunscreen as much as they should