Biology
What is the term called to describe a random change altering a person's DNA?
Apoptosis
What fraction of people in the United States have been diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
1 in 3
What are the 4 main options for treating Cancer?
Surgery, Radiaton Therapy, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy
Abstaining from or quitting this habit remians the single most preventable cause of cancer in the world
Smoking/Tobacco Use
What is the term that refers to the topics discussed in Cancer Prevention Week?
Social Determinants of Cancer
What is the natural process called when cells get old or damaged?
Mutations
Around the world, how many people are diagnosed with Cancer each year?
20 million
What are two of the physical side effects on the treatment page?
Fatigue, Pain/Infections, Hair Loss
These routine medical tests on healthy individuals to detect cancer before its symptoms start appearing
Cancer Screening
Which organization paired with the American Cancer Society Action Network that is giving this presentation?
Society of Emerging Leaders (SEL)
What term describes a mass of abnormal cells when damaged cells do not die when they are supposed to?
Tumor
What annual number of cancer diagnosies is equivalnet ot half the population of this North American nation?
Canada
What are the two distinct ways that cancer patients an their families require support in?
Physical and Emotional
Wearing sun-screen protects from this harmful carcinogen
Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
Bringing Meals, offering rides, and helping out with loved ones with cancer are practical are.....
Community/Family Support
Which type of tumors are non-cancerous and dont spread to invade nearby tissues?
Begnin Tumor
Approxaimately how many children and adolescents develop cancer globally every year?
400,000
What Cancer treatment uses drugs to boost and/or restore the boy's immune system in order to fight off cancer?
Immunotherapy
Preventitive vaccines against which viruses help protect young adults and teens from cervical and other cancer?
HPV Vaccine
A general term that describes a substance or chemical or agent capable of causing cancer
Carcinogen
What term refers to the process where cancer cells break away and spread through the blood stream?
Metastasis
What fact about cancer rates among young adults necciesateates t he need for more cancer awareness throughout communities?
Increasing/On the ride
What term refers to cancer treatments that intend to improve quality of life and relieve symptoms rather than treating the cancer itself?
Pallitative Care
What is the term called that refers to how environmental and community factors influence cancer outcomes?
Social Determinants of Cancer
Cancer Education Week encourages high school students to understand they can play a key role in...
Battle Against Cancer