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Skin Cancer
 * most are sun related
 * skin largest organ in body protects organ
 * helps regulate body temperature
 * develop on sun exposed areas of the body
 * rarely spread to other parts of the body
 * melanoma is cureable at early stages
 * is far more dangerous and causes most deaths
 * most common of all cancers
 * 59,000 people will be diagnosed in 2007
 * anyone can get cancer some more likely than others
 * unprotected expose to ultra lights
 * can be prevented with sunscreen

Lung Cancer
 * uncontrolled cell increase in the lungs
 * smoking is the number one cause
 * 2nd hand smoking is also a cause
 * hard to breath, coughing, wheezing, coughing blood, and chest pain
 * have surgery to remove tumor, chemotherapy
 * avoid cigarettes

Scrotal Cancer
 * 80,000 cases every year
 * has a lump in tissue
 * should be chekced by a doctor
 * abnormal sensitivity, blood in semen
 * radiation therapy of chemotherapy
 * remove testicals

Pancrease Cancer
 * tumor of the pancreas
 * hard to catch it in early forms and is hiddern under stomach
 * many people die and no complete recovery
 * symptons are hard to detect
 * yellow color in the eyes and blood clots
 * avoid factors below and take vitamin B
 * male gender, smoking, obesity, certian chemicals, and family
 * surgery to remove the cancer
 * the likely hood of person surviving is low
 * chemo used to improve quality of life
 * 37000 people will be diagnosed with cancer and 33,00 will die from it

lung cancer
 * most common cause of cancer related deaths for men and 2nd for women
 * respnsible for 1.4 million deaths
 * hard to swallow and coughing up blood
 * infected lung can be removed or part of the lung
 * treatment doesnt always work
 * less than 1% recover from lung cancer

Testicular cancer
 * .4% person will get it
 * most often in males
 * has 100% survival rate
 * remove testies or chemotherapy

Colon Cancer
 * found in abnomal colan and rectum
 * causes 650,000 deaths in the world
 * 2nd leading cause of cancer in UK
 * get rid of it by cancer alone
 * at risk if age(older than 60), family history, diet, and alcohol consumption
 * keep a healthy diet

Leukemia common in children and young adults
 * cancer of blood or bone marrow
 * 30,800 will get it in the US
 * 21,700 will die from it
 * a spectrum of blood disease
 * 2 types of leukemia
 * rapid increase of immature blood cells
 * chromic causes by mature blood cells but abnormal
 * takes long to happen but cells produce much more than bormal
 * has to many large blood cells
 * occurs in older people
 * monitored before treated
 * get bruises bleeding
 * immune could be unable to fight off simple colds
 * chemotherapy is a cure
 * not a single known cause for leukemia
 * can be genetic
 * caused by mutation in DNA
 * no way to prevent the disease

Melanoma
 * 82% of women dont wear sun screen
 * increases cancer by 75%
 * disease affects both men and women
 * 50,000 people diagnosed last year
 * if skin gets too much UV lights cells start to become cancerous
 * watch out for growth that comes early
 * color changes in skin
 * mole that changes in color and size
 * itchy and scabby and crusty bump
 * wear sunscreen and avoid tanning bed and too much sun
 * blood tests and unltrasounds
 * chemotherapy