Cancer

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Cancer
Michael Per.8 Teen Health
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Definition

• Out-of-Control growth
• Spread of abnormal cells
• The cells accumulate and form tumors
• The tumors destroy normal tissue
• The tumors spread and continue to destroy normal
  tissue
• Many tumors may form a colony

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Importance

• Because half of all men and a third of all women
  get a form of cancer
• Millions of people have cancer right now
• It has been around since the dawn of time
• Lives have been ruined and taken away by cancer
• It slowly eats up the body

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Causes

• Having a better lifestyle can reduce the chance
  of cancer
• Smoking gives you a higher chance of cancer
• Dieting reduces the chance of cancer
• Cancer is caused by cells not following their
  normal pattern of growth and growing out of
  control

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Cases in U.S. and World

• Men have a 50 chance of getting a form of cancer
• Women have a 33 chance of getting a form of
  cancer
• Some cases of cancers are, Lung cancer, breast
  cancer, prostate cancer
• Smokers and overweight people have a bigger
  chance of getting cancer

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Symptoms

• Fatigue
• Anxiety and depression
• Skin problems
• Breathing difficulties
• Sore mouth and throat
• Eating problems
• Swollen ankles and legs

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Prognosis

• Most likely the persons hair will be removed
• They will have to have chemotherapy for the rest
  of your life
• Most people become traumatized
• You will have a fifty percent chance of dying if
  you are found to carry the diseases.

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Current Research

• The most recent research on cancer is surgery
• During the surgery they remove the entire tumor
  and all parts of the tumor.
• They also use radiation to cure cancer
• They use hormone therapy for cancer
• People also get chemotherapy to cure cancer

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Persons History with Colon Cancer

• He is 84
• He has two tumors
• Had colon-a-scopy
• He had a colostomy bag attached to his side
• He got skinny
• Needed to be fed with fluid
• Going into surgery next Tuesday

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Summary

• It is amazing to discover the new treatments that
  have been made for cancer and I know that soon
  all cancer that appear will be curable.
• Until a cure is found millions of people will
  still die and people lives will still become
  worse because the awful disease.
• Cancer is one of the worst diseases you can get.

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Links

• http//www.cancer.org/
• http//www.nci.nih.gov/
• http//www.mskcc.org/
• http//www.mdanderson.org/
• http//www.wcn.org/
• http//cancer.med.upenn.edu/
• http//www.cancerlinks.org/

• http//www.cancernetwork.com/
• http//www.cancercareinc.org/
• http//rex.nci.nih.gov/
• http//www.meds.com/colon/colon.html
• http//ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/LungCance
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Common Types of Cancer

• Bladder Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Colon Cancer
• Endometrial Cancer
• Head and Neck Cancer
• Lung Cancer

• Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
• Prostate Cancer
• Rectal Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Melanoma

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Bibliography

• http//www3.cancer.org/cancerinfo/load_cont.asp?ct
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