Cancer+Projects+Notes+KR

=Keaton Rye=

Cancer Notes

 * 1) Harrison Ballard Skin Cancer
 * 2) Skin is the largest organ of the body
 * 3) Melanoma skin cancer is the lowest amount
 * 4) Sun exposed area's of the body at more risk
 * 5) Depending on the type they can be fast or slow growing
 * 6) Melanoma is curable when detected at an early stage
 * 7) Skin cancer has the most cases in the united states
 * 8) 91% survival rate 11,000 deaths 8,000 in melanoma
 * 9) Lung Cancer Kat
 * 10) Uncontrolled cell birth in the tissue of lungs
 * 11) Smoking is the #1 cause of lung cancer
 * 12) Friends dont let friends smoke
 * 13) Blair Testicular cancer
 * 8,000 cases every year
 * 1) Numbness, loss of sexual activity, increase in side of one testicle
 * 2) cant hear at all
 * 3) Pancreatic Cancer
 * 4) Symptoms -- Abdominal pain, weight loss, depression, jaundice
 * 5) Depression has been reported
 * 6) Take a vitamin D supplement
 * 7) Factors, Male Gender, age esc..
 * 8) Surgery is necessary
 * 9) Cancer MA Leukemia
 * 10) In the bone marrow
 * 11) In adults only in flat bones
 * 12) Can affect immune system
 * 13) Fatigue, paleness, loss of appetite and others
 * 14) can be treated by blood transfusions, a tube that can be inserted in the body
 * 15) Faith Oral/mouth cancer
 * 16) involves the tissue of the lip or the toung
 * 17) excessive alcohol increases the risk
 * 18) Lung CAncer Bill Brock
 * 19) most common cause of cancer in men
 * 20) 1.3 million deaths per year
 * 21) treated, by radiation therapy
 * 22) treatments are not 100% effective
 * 23) Survival rate of less then 1%
 * 24) Lung Cancer EP
 * 25) leading cause of men, second in women
 * 26) uncontrolled cell growth
 * 27) Invasion of tissue behind the lungs
 * 28) Radiation, viral inflection are the leading causes
 * 29) may lead to pneumonia
 * 30) The cancer can spread throughout the whole body
 * 31) Stage 1 Cancer in the lung
 * 32) Stage 2 to Cancer in the chest
 * 33) Stage 3 Cancer in the rest of the bod
 * 34) ****Testicular Cancer****
 * most common between 15-34
 * 100% survival rate, unless its metastasized
 * removal of tumor can treat it
 * symptoms: blood in semen, lumps in testes


 * 1) **L****eukemia**
 * about 30,800 people will be diagnosed with leukemia
 * acute leukemia- rapid increase of blood cells (children and young adults)
 * chronic leukemia- mature blood cells that are somehow abnormal
 * symptoms: bruises, lots of bleeding
 * treatment: chemotherapy, blood transfusion
 * no single cause- but can be chemicals, radiation, or genetics


 * 1) **Skin Cancer**
 * affects men and women of all ages
 * beings in melanoma cells, start to grow abnormally if too much sun
 * check your moles, avoid tanning
 * melanoma can kill, most common cancer in young adults


 * 1) **Breast Cancer**
 * find a lump
 * mammograms find cancer
 * after surgery, there is chemotherapy and radiation treament