Misconceptions
Cancer is not transferable from person to person, or this.
What is contagious?
Stopping this is a clinically proven way to prevent lung cancer.
What is smoking?
This cancer has the highest mortality rate of 1 out of 5 people.
What is lung cancer?
These two terms essentially mean cause and effect.
What are exposure and outcome?
This disease's full name ends with the Latin word "mellitus," which means sweet, and is a risk factor for colorectal cancer.
What is diabetes?
Cancer is not always this.
What is terminal/fatal?
This exam involves a doctor looking inside a patient to look for polyps or cancer.
What is a colonoscopy?
Prostate cancer is the _____ most common cancer affecting men?
What is second?
An abnormal growth of cells.
What is a tumor?
The word for this field of medicine comes from the Greek word "ónkos," which means "tumor," "volume," or "mass"
What is oncology?
This treatment for cancer has no risk of causing the tumors to spread to other parts of the body.
What is surgery?
This over-the-counter or prescription medication is commonly used to help control periods, but can help prevent ovarian cancer.
What is birth control?
This cancer has seen decreasing diagnoses in the last couple decades.
What is ovarian cancer?
When a growth doesn't spread or cause problems; not cancer.
What is benign?
This word is made up of the Latin term for breast and a Greek word meaning "that which is drawn." It's a form of breast cancer screening.
What is mammogram?
This cancer is most commonly found in women, but can be diagnosed in men.
What is breast cancer?
This cancer only found in men has very few confirmed preventative measures aside from maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
What is prostate cancer?
This percentage of lung cancer cases are caused by smoking.
What is 80%?
The number of new cases of a given disease.
What is incidence?
This word meaning "end of life care" comes from the Latin word "hospitium" which means hospitality or a place of rest.
What is hospice?
Lung cancer affects men how much in relation to women?
This colorless, odorless gas should be avoided due to its association with lung cancer.
What is radon?
This cancer affected non-white people at a significantly higher rate than white people in Buffalo in 2019.
What is colorectal cancer?
When a tumor spreads from one part of the body to another.
Some cancers are this, which gets its name from the Greek word for blood.
What is hematologic?