Sarcoma

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CrestCan

• Sarcoma and Bladder cancer awareness month

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Silence is Cancers Best Friend.

• Without awareness presentations like this one
  today, we as the Crest Can club would have let
  cancer proliferate throughout our community
  because people would have been blind to the
  causes and symptoms of sarcoma and bladder cancer.

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What is Sarcoma?

• Sarcoma is a type of cancer that develops in the
  bone, tendons and soft tissue in the human body.
  It occurs when cells in these part of the body
  start to grow out of control and form a tumour.

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What is Bladder Cancer?

• Bladder cancer is where a growth of abnormal
  tissue, known as a tumor, develops in
  the bladder lining.

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Risk Factors that you should avoid?

• Scientists don't yet know what causes these
  cancers especially sarcoma as it is a rare kind
  of cancer, but they do know some things that
  raise the risk of developing one. Ones for
  sarcoma are as follows
• Other people in your family have had sarcoma
• You have a bone disorder called Paget's disease
• You have a genetic disorder such
  as neurofibromatosis, Gardner syndrome, retinoblas
  toma, or Li-Fraumeni syndrome
• You have been exposed to radiation, perhaps
  during treatment for an earlier cancer.

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For Bladder Cancer..

• Smoking
• Chemical Exposure
•  People whose family members have had bladder
  cancer may also have a higher risk.
•  Arsenic in drinking water has been linked to a
  higher risk of bladder cancer.

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How these cancers affect people?

• During and after treatment
• fatigue
• risk of infection
• nausea and vomiting
• body change
• Anxiety, fear and depression

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Thank you

• We can offer support to many people around our
  community or in our families by showing them we
  care about them. Gifts, flowers and cards can
  brighten up someones day. Remember Silence is
  Cancers best friend. Please share what you have
  learned today.