What is cancer?
Is cancer one disease or a group of related diseases?
Cancer is not one disease many related diseases.
What is a common way skin or bone cancer forms on the body?
Not wearing sunscreen in the summer.
Give two examples of cancer symptoms
Pain, fatigue, headaches and depression are most common symptoms. Extreme tiredness, lumps, or sudden weight loss are some less common ones.
Name two types of cancer.
Breast cancer, lung cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, thyroid cancer, liver cancer, skin cancer.
How does cancer start?
Some cells in the body start to reproduce uncontrollably, causing cancer to form.
What are three ways you can help prevent cancer?
Refusing to smoke,eating healthy foods, and exercising regularly.
True or false:
A symptom of cancer is indigestion.
True
Indigestion is a symptom of cancer.
What are the treatments of cancer(give one example)
Chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, or radiation therapy
How does cancer spread?
The cells rapidly reproduce and spread to other parts of the body.
What is a type of cancer can you get when you smoke?
lung, cervical, bladder, lip, mouth, nose, and throat cancer
how does cancer effect the human body?
cancer effects the human body by distracting the natural balance int he cells genetic flaw and causing destruction to very part of our body.
True or false:
Cancer is the most common cause of death in the U.S.
False
It is actually the second most common cause of death.
How does cancer damage organs?
The cells invade the organs
What is something cancer cells can do?
Grow and multiply,invade the surrounding areas, spread to other parts of the body
How many stages are there in cancer?
There are 4 stages in cancer
True or false:
Cancer gets more common with age.
True
The older you are, the more likely you are to get cancer.
What is the largest preventable cause of cancer?
Use of tobacco.
explain one of the stages in cancer?
Stage one:cancer cells spotted can treated Stage 2: last chance to be able to cure it Stage 3: not much is able to be done, the cancer cell has entered the blood streams Stage 4: cancer has become incurable.
How many cancers are preventable?
(more than half or less than half.)
More than half