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=Cancer Notes:=
 * **Skin Cancer**
 * skin cancer is sun related
 * skin is the largest organ of the body
 * keeps bacteria and other things out, regulates water, feels touch/pain...
 * melanoma skin cancer....always currable when detected at early stages only accounts for a small amount of cases
 * most common of all cancers...accounts for half of cancer cases in united states
 * survival rate is 91%
 * 11,000 deaths from skin cancer
 * risk factors: unprotected exposure to ultra violet rays, family history, multiple moles, severe sunburn as a child
 * can easily be prevented...sunscreen, staying in the shade,
 * **Lung Cancer-Kat**
 * responsible for most cancer deaths in america
 * smoking is the number one causes
 * passive smoking causes
 * polluted air can lead to lung cancer
 * symptoms: chest pain, coughing, chest pain, coughing up blood
 * can have surgery to remove the tumor, radiation therapy, chemotherapy
 * **Testicular Cancer**
 * detected through a lump
 * symptoms: abdominal sensitivity
 * **Pancreatic Cancer**
 * Pacnreatic cancer is a tumor of the pancreas
 * very hard to catch it...no flag raising symptoms
 * complete recovery is rare
 * symptoms: abdominal pain, jondis, weight loss
 * preventions: vitamin d supplement
 * family history, obesisty, race, gender plays a role in chances of getting it
 * chemotherapy does not cure but helps quality of life
 * 30, 000 people will be diagnosed
 * **Oral Mouth Cancer**
 * Involves tissue of mouth and tongue
 * makes it hard to swallow....burning in the mouth
 * use of tobacco/alcohol can cause
 * good mouth hygene
 * **Lung Cancer- BIll**
 * most common cause of cancer related death in men second cause in women
 * smoking responsible for 87% of lung cancer
 * shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing,-symptoms
 * chemotherapy, radiation....treatment
 * parts of the lung can be removed....does not always work
 * 5 year survival rate of less than 1%
 * **Lung Cancer-Emily**
 * uncontrolled cell growth within the lung
 * most causes is tobacco smoke and radiation
 * smoking is leading causes
 * if not found soon enough then origin of cancer can spread to the entire body
 * prevent it by not smoking
 * **testicular cancer**
 * most chance of survival
 * treat with chemotherapy/remove testes
 * 100% survival rate
 * most common in 15-34
 * **Colon Cancer**
 * Cancer found in abdominals colon and rectum
 * 65,000 deaths per year around the world
 * 3rd leading cause in us
 * surgery is a must
 * tiredness, diarrhea, rectal bleeding,
 * age, family history, diet=risk factors
 * prevent: screens, healthy diet, luck
 * **Luekemia:**
 * cancer of blood and bone marrow
 * symptoms: bruises often, bleeding excessively, bad immune system
 * chemotherapy, blood transfusions etc
 * no one cause....chemicals....radiation...genes
 * acute/chronic leukemia
 * acute: rapid increase of blood cells(found in young adults)
 * chronic: caused by mature blood cells that are somehow abnormal(found in grown ups)
 * **Skin Cancer**
 * Effects men and women
 * 50,000 diagnosed last year
 * melanoma starts at melona sites
 * too much light causes cells to grown abnormally
 * check moles avoid tanning
 * most common cancer in young adults
 * **Breast Cancer**
 * feel for a lump!
 * mammograms detect cancer also
 * treat with chemo or radiation