Tobacco and cancer
This behavior is strongly associated with lung cancer and can cause cancer in many other parts of your body
What is tobacco use/smoking
True or False: Drinking alcohol increases the risk of certain cancers?
What is True?
Being overweight or having this condition is associated with an increased risk of at least 13 types of cancer
What is obesity?
True or False: Regular physical activity can help lower cancer risk.
What is True?
This vaccine can prevent infections responsible for several cancers, including most cervical cancers?
What is HPV vaccine?
Cigarette smoking and second hand smoke are responsible for almost 9 out of every 10 deaths from this type of cancer
What is Lung cancer
True or False: Beer and wine are safer than hard liquor when it comes to cancer risk.
What is False? All types of Alcohol beverages increase cancer risk.
These meats-including bacon, sausage, hot dogs, and many deli-meats- are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer.
What are processed meats?
According to ACS recommendations, adult should get at least this many minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity each week.
What is 150 minutes?
A Healthy eating pattern for cancer prevention emphasizes these four major plant-food groups.
What are vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and legumes/beans?
Name three cancers other than lung cancer that are associated with tobacco use
What are bladder, kidney, pancreatic, colorectal, liver, stomach, cervical, esophageal, mouth/throat or laryngeal cancers
Name three cancers associated with alcohol consumption
What are breast, colorectal, liver, esophageal, laryngeal, or oral cavity/pharyngeal cancers?
Name three cancers associated with overweight or obesity?
What are colorectal, kidney, liver, pancreatic, endometrial, ovarian, thyroid, gallbladder, upper stomach, esophageal adenocarcinoma, postmenopausal breast cancer, meningioma, or multiple myeloma?
Physical inactivity is associated with these three cancers in CDC surveillance definitions?
What are colon, postmenopausal breast, and endometrial cancers?
A patient has obesity, drinks alcohol regularly, rarely exercises, and eats processed meats daily. Identify four modifiable cancer risk factors.
What are excess body weight, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, and an unhealthy dietary pattern/processed-meat consumption?
True or False: Once someone has smoked for many years, quitting will no longer reduce their cancer risk
What is False? Quitting tobacco lowers cancer risk
According to the American Cancer Society, what amount of alcohol is considered best for cancer prevention?
What is no alcohol? The ACS states that it is best not to drink alcohol
True or False: Eating sugar directly causes cancer
What is False? Added sugar is not thought to directly cause cancer, but excess consumption can contribute to excess body weight, which is associated with increased cancer risk
Besides exercising regularly, reducing behavior such as prolonged television watching or sitting at a computer-is recommended for cancer prevention?
What is sedentary behavior/prolonged sitting?
A patient says, "Cancer runs in my family, so there is nothing I can do to lower my risk". Name four behaviors you could discuss that may help reduce cancer risk despite an unchangeable family history.
What are avoiding tobacco, avoiding or limiting alcohol, maintaining a healthy weight, being physically active, and following a healthy eating pattern?
A 55 year old patient smoked for 30 years. She says, "The damage is already done, so there is no reason for me to quit" What lifestyle intervention should the healthcare provider prioritize?
What is smoking cessation/ tobacco cessation?
A women tells you she drinks two glasses of wine every evening because she believes wine is healthy. What important cancer risk should be included in your patient education?
What is alcohol consumption increases cancer risk, including the risk of breast cancer
A patient's diet consists primarily of processed meats, refined grains, sugary beverages, and highly processed foods. Name three dietary changes you could recommend to support cancer prevention.
What are increase vegetables and fruits, choose whole grains, increase beans/plant foods, limit processed and red meats, reduce sugary drinks, and reduce highly processed foods?
A sendatary 48 year old patient says, "I don't have time to go to the gym, so exercise isn't realistic for me". Name two moderate-intensity activities you could suggest that do not require a gym
What are brisk walking, dancing, leisure bicycling, yard work, or similar moderate activities?
Your 52 year old patient smokes, drinks alcohol daily, has obesity, eats processed meats frequently, and gets little physical activity. As the healthcare provider, identify 5 modifiable behaviors you would address in a cancer-prevention plan
What are tobacco cessation, reducing/avoiding alcohol, achieving or maintaining a healthier weight, improving dietary patterns/reducing processed meats, and increasing physical activity