Cancer Prevention
Cancer Prevention
Angela Balinas
Outline: I. Definition of Cancer II. Causes and Prevention A. Lifestyle B. Hereditary III. Cancer Screening Programs IV. Categories of Cancer Vaccines V. Ten things You Can Do to Lessen Your Risk of Cancer
Bibliography
Cancer Prevention Today, there are one in three people worldwide who are affected by cancer, and almost 60% of these people will certainly die. It is the second largest killer next to heart disease. Cancer does not just affect certain groups of people, it can affect anybody and it is not just one disease, it refers to more than a hundred diseases. Cancer can be defined as any growing mass of cells that is both invasive and metastatic (Steen, 1995). Base on Steen’s definition, it can either originate or continue its growth on a certain part or organ of the body or it will seed cancerous cells in the nearby normal cells. While Braun (1997) referred cancer as “the failure of medicine” .Since, more than millions have died and are dying of cancer without receiving proper medication All cancers develop because something has gone wrong with one or more of the genes in a cell. But most of these gene changes happen during our lives. They happen as we get older or because of something we are exposed to, such as cigarette smoke or sunlight. These substances, called carcinogens, cause changes in the genes that make body cells more likely to become cancerous. The gene changes don’t affect all body cells. They are not inherited and cannot be passed on to your children (Scotland, 2007). Using of any type of tobacco puts you on a collision course with cancer. Smoking, mainly of cigarettes, causes cancer of the lung, upper respiratory tract, esophagus, bladder and pancreas and probably of the stomach, liver and kidney. Smoking causes up to 400,000 deaths per year and is responsible for at least 30% of all cancers. And chewing tobacco has been linked to cancer of the oral cavity and
Angela Balinas
Outline: I. Definition of Cancer II. Causes and Prevention A. Lifestyle B. Hereditary III. Cancer Screening Programs IV. Categories of Cancer Vaccines V. Ten things You Can Do to Lessen Your Risk of Cancer
Bibliography
Cancer Prevention Today, there are one in three people worldwide who are affected by cancer, and almost 60% of these people will certainly die. It is the second largest killer next to heart disease. Cancer does not just affect certain groups of people, it can affect anybody and it is not just one disease, it refers to more than a hundred diseases. Cancer can be defined as any growing mass of cells that is both invasive and metastatic (Steen, 1995). Base on Steen’s definition, it can either originate or continue its growth on a certain part or organ of the body or it will seed cancerous cells in the nearby normal cells. While Braun (1997) referred cancer as “the failure of medicine” .Since, more than millions have died and are dying of cancer without receiving proper medication All cancers develop because something has gone wrong with one or more of the genes in a cell. But most of these gene changes happen during our lives. They happen as we get older or because of something we are exposed to, such as cigarette smoke or sunlight. These substances, called carcinogens, cause changes in the genes that make body cells more likely to become cancerous. The gene changes don’t affect all body cells. They are not inherited and cannot be passed on to your children (Scotland, 2007). Using of any type of tobacco puts you on a collision course with cancer. Smoking, mainly of cigarettes, causes cancer of the lung, upper respiratory tract, esophagus, bladder and pancreas and probably of the stomach, liver and kidney. Smoking causes up to 400,000 deaths per year and is responsible for at least 30% of all cancers. And chewing tobacco has been linked to cancer of the oral cavity and
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