Cancer+Commercials+Notes+DB

Harrison Ballard- Skin Cancer -Melanoma is deadly skin cancer but can almost always be treated if caught early -11,000 deaths from skin cancer in 2007 - everyone can get skin cancer -risk factors include ultraviolet exposure, family history, multiple or atypical moles, fair skin coloring - protect yourself from the sun, wear sunscreen

Kat Mccabe - the cancer that kills the most people - smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer --> about 90% of lung cancer cases is caused by smoking - symptoms- coughing, wheezing, coughing up blood -to treat it- have surgery to remove the tumor, chemotherapy or radiation therapy

Blair- Testicular Cancer - about 8,000 cases of testicular cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S. - lumps are symptoms - tumors -treatment includes surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation -90% cure rate

Patricia Kelly Pancreatic Cancer Factors that icrease chance- -diet high in red meat, age, faily history - this cancer is hard to catch because no "red flag" symptoms - most comon treatment is surgery and chemotherapy is also sometimes used to gain some time for life - take vitamins to prevent it -in the U.S. 33,000 people will die from pancreatic cancer this year

Massey Armistead- Leukemia - cancer in the bone marrow - once cancerous cells enter the bone marrow where blood cells are created, the lymphnodes can be affected - acute lymphocytic cancer -most common cancer in children - cancer association expects about 2,600 cases in 2008 - very rare cancer - affects kids between 2 and 4 - doctors suspect that radiation/chemicals can increase chances of getting it - ways to catch it- yearly checkup (bloodtests), watch for fatigue/paleness, infections high fever, swelling of the belly, rashes, gum problems - treated with blood transfusions, a venus access device is a tube that is inserted in the body - radiation therapy -stem cell transplants

Faith- Oral/mouth cancer -34,000 people in America get oral cancer every year - oral cancer is part of a group of cancer called head and neck cancers - most oral cancers begin in the tongue and in the floor of the mouth - cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the neck, the lungs, and other parts of the body

Bill- Lung Cancer - lung cancer responsible for 1.3 million deaths per year - can be treated with radiation therapy or chemotherapy

Emily-Lung cancer - most common type of cancer for men and second most commn in women in deaths - can lead to mestastasis or invasion of tissue beyond the lungs - if cancer is in the air way then it can cause trouble breathing - treatments- surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy - don't smoke cigarettes

Testicular Cancer- Chandler Hotchkiss -About 100% chance of recovery - Lump hardens in the testes - In the U.S. between 7,500 and 8,000 cases are diagnosed each year

Colon Cancer- Keaton - you can get screens for colon cancer but keeping a healthy diet is important - a form of cancer found in the abdominals

Leukemia- Caroline Cooke -Cancer of the blood or bone marrow -Acute and Chronic Leukemia - Chronic Leukemia occurs mostly in older people - Lymphocyctic Leukemia -Symptoms- bruising often - no single cause

Breast Cancer- RJ - cancer that forms in tissures of thebreat - there's no cure - treatment- surgery, chemotherapy