How common lung cancer is Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the United Kingdom (excluding non melanoma skin cancer). Around 41‚400 people are diagnosed in the UK each year. Smoking and lung cancer In most people‚ lung cancer is related to cigarette smoking. Smoking causes nearly 9 out of 10 cases (86%). A further 3% of cases of lung cancer are caused by exposure to second hand smoke in non smokers (passive smoking). Here are some facts about smoking and lung cancer * The more
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causes the majority of lung cancers in smokers. The amount of lung cancer is powerfully connected with cigarette smoking‚ with about 90% of lung cancers rising ‚as a result of tobacco use. The risk of lung cancer rises with the number of cigarettes smoked over time; doctors state to this risk in terms of pack-years of smoking history. Doctors believe smoking causes lung cancer by damaging the cells that mark the lungs. When one breathes in cigarette smoke‚ which is full of cancer-causing materials‚ changes
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Breast Cancer Statistics Does anyone know some of the breast cancer statistics? Or maybe some of the risk factors? Well breast cancer is one of the leading deaths in women. Today I will inform you about some of those statics and risk and hopefully by the end of my speech you’ll know some of the people who are more likely to get breast cancer. The most significant factors for breast cancer are gender and age‚ two things that are beyond our control. Although men get breast cancer too‚ women’s
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Esophageal Cancer –Final Project Deborah Denise Kane Virginia College C-18 PRN 1325 Esophageal Cancer Esophageal cancer is a malignant cancerous tumor that forms in the tissue lining the esophagus; the esophagus is a muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach. It is more common in male patients over the age of 60‚ who were or are heavy smokers or tobacco users‚ heavy drinkers‚ and are overweight. It is thought to affect African Americans more in the United States than
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of their heads. Almost two years ago‚ I had to face this thought head-on when my mother’s cousin‚ Frankie‚ developed Pancreatic cancer. I remember when she called me on the phone to relay the news. "He’s done" was the first thing I said. Pancreatic cancer is the shittiest of the cancers because it’s the most fatal. There’s always a sliver of hope with other cancers‚ but not with Pancreatic. There’s no possibility of remission. There’s no silver lining. At that moment‚ I knew he was going to die
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10 WARNING SIGNS OF COLON CANCER YOU SHOULDN’T IGNORE + 6 TIPS TO REDUCE THE RISK MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OFTEN REFER TO COLORECTAL CANCER‚ WHICH INCLUDES COLON CANCER THAT AFFECTS THE LARGE INTESTINE AND RECTAL CANCER THAT AFFECTS THE LOWERMOST PART OF THE LARGE INTESTINE. ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY‚ 1 IN 20 PEOPLE ARE AT A RISK OF DEVELOPING COLORECTAL CANCER DURING THEIR LIFETIME. The exact cause of colorectal or bowel cancer is not known. However‚ it is believed to develop when healthy
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#425 Skin Cancer Skin cancer affects millions of people every day‚ with skin cancer being the most common form of cancer in the United States it’s important that people get the right information on the condition. It’s also important that people get educated and gain as much knowledge they can about the causes of skin cancer and all the ways in which they can prevent it as well as how they can detect it in it’s early stages to prevent it from getting worse. Estheticians help people stay protected
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M-W 1-2:15 Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer among women of all shapes and sizes. Breast cancer is a personal topic to me because my great-grandmother on my mothers side had it and had her breast removed and just recently I found out that my grandmother on my fathers side has been diagnosed with breast cancer and that the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes. Many women today don’t know the health risks‚ causes‚ and treatments to breast cancer even though it is one of
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my opinion‚ I would like to do these activities to help the American Cancer Society. There are different kinds of cancer‚ but they can all affect many lives. About 3‚400 people are diagnosed with cancer each day in the United States. They are left with the idea every day that soon they have to leave their family and friends behind and there is no cure. If we are able to hold even more fundraisers‚ we are can able to support cancer patients. We can be able to support their treatments or even donate
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Caregivers of Cancer Patients Have you ever known of someone who has had cancer? Almost every one of us could answer yes to that question without hesitation. According to data from the American Cancer society‚ approximately one of every three women‚ and one of every two men will develop some type of cancer in their lifetimes. That is an enormous amount of the population. Now think about how many people these individuals are close to‚ and how many people they interact with on a daily basis. Cancer does not
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