Ovarian Cancer
Chronic Disease Risk Assessment
Colleen Van Wagner
SCI/162
7/28/2013
Paul Zick
Ovarian Cancer Ovarian Cancer is a group of diseases that have a common uncontrolled growth of cells in the body. A collection of cells is called a tumor, a begin tumor does not spread beyond the initial location of the cancer. When the cells spread in the body, this is known to be called a malignant tumor. When you are diagnosed with cancer this means that you are diagnosed with a malignant tumor and it has spread through some part of your body. We still do not know to this day what causes cancer, but we do know some of the risk factors for it. Some risk factors include but are not limited to genetics, family history, environmental exposures, and some behavioral issues within yourself. These are not controlled risk factors. Ones that we can control are diet and exercise, your current or future environmental exposures, whether you smoke and drink. Having one or more risk factors, jumps your risk of getting cancer greatly. It does not mean you will get cancer, but if you avoid some of the risks, it will lower your chances greatly. The things you can do in your everyday life to reduce the risk of getting cancer are eating a healthy diet. Getting exercise in your daily routine, will better your odds of not getting cancer, along with routine checkups to the doctors. Eating three or more servings of vegetables a day is one of the best things we can do for our health. It can lower our risk of several cancers, as well as heart attack and strokes. Trying to eat three servings of vegetables a day will not only lower the risk of ovarian cancer, but it will reduce the risk of reoccurring ovarian cancer and increase the chances of a good remission. Eating three servings of fruits a day will also lower your risks of some cancers. The recommendations we all can do to help reduce the risk of any type of cancer is to try to live a
Colleen Van Wagner
SCI/162
7/28/2013
Paul Zick
Ovarian Cancer Ovarian Cancer is a group of diseases that have a common uncontrolled growth of cells in the body. A collection of cells is called a tumor, a begin tumor does not spread beyond the initial location of the cancer. When the cells spread in the body, this is known to be called a malignant tumor. When you are diagnosed with cancer this means that you are diagnosed with a malignant tumor and it has spread through some part of your body. We still do not know to this day what causes cancer, but we do know some of the risk factors for it. Some risk factors include but are not limited to genetics, family history, environmental exposures, and some behavioral issues within yourself. These are not controlled risk factors. Ones that we can control are diet and exercise, your current or future environmental exposures, whether you smoke and drink. Having one or more risk factors, jumps your risk of getting cancer greatly. It does not mean you will get cancer, but if you avoid some of the risks, it will lower your chances greatly. The things you can do in your everyday life to reduce the risk of getting cancer are eating a healthy diet. Getting exercise in your daily routine, will better your odds of not getting cancer, along with routine checkups to the doctors. Eating three or more servings of vegetables a day is one of the best things we can do for our health. It can lower our risk of several cancers, as well as heart attack and strokes. Trying to eat three servings of vegetables a day will not only lower the risk of ovarian cancer, but it will reduce the risk of reoccurring ovarian cancer and increase the chances of a good remission. Eating three servings of fruits a day will also lower your risks of some cancers. The recommendations we all can do to help reduce the risk of any type of cancer is to try to live a