Sign/Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Statistics
Miscellaneous
100
What is usually the first sign of breast cancer?
Is usually on a woman’s mammogram, before it is felt or other signs are present
100
There are three things that a doctor will do to test if you have leukemia what are they?
Ask questions about your past health and symptoms, Do a physical exam the doctor will look for swollen lymph nodes and check to see if your spleen is enlarged, order blood tests Leukemia causes a high level of white blood cells and low levels of other types of blood cells.
100
What is the most common treatment?
Chemo
100
What is one of the most common forms of cancer in the world; uncommon in the United States but rates of diagnosis are increasing in the United States?
Liver Cancer
100
What foundation supports the fight against Breast Cancer?
Susan G Komen Foundation
200
What are the 4 parts of the body that could be swollen due to Leukemia?
Belly (Swollen Spleen), Lymph nodes in arm pit, neck, and groin
200
What causes you to be more at risk for being diagnosed with Breast Cancer?
Family History, Oral contraceptives may affect your chances, alcohol, high weight, or if you have had children.
200
What are treatments for Liver Cancer?
Surgery to remove a portion, transplant surgery, Freezing cancer cells, Heating cancer cells, Injecting alcohol into the tumor, Injecting chemotherapy drugs , Radiation therapy,Targeted drug therapy. designed to interfere with a tumor's ability to generate new blood vessels
200
What is the ratio of women who will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their lifetime?
1 in 8 Women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in their life
200
What are 3 ways of coping a child or loved one going through this disease?
Learning all you can about the disease, Staying strong and healthy, talk to other families who have faced this disease.
300
What are signs of breast cancer?
Lump, swelling under the arm, tenderness, red skin.
300
What are test to diagnose Liver Cancer?
Blood tests, Imaging tests. (ultrasound, computerized tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)), Removing a sample of tissue for testing
300
What are the two types of surgeries done to treat Breast Cancer?
Mastectomy and Lumpectomy
300
Men account for what percent of new cases of leukemia?
57 Percent
300
How many deaths a year are caused by breast cancer?
40,500 a year
400
What are symptoms of Liver Cancer?
Losing weight without trying, Loss of appetite, Upper abdominal pain, Nausea and vomiting,General weakness and fatigue, Abdominal swelling,Yellow discoloration of your skin and the whites of your eyes (jaundice)
400
What percentage of of breast abnormalities are actually diagnosed as cancer?
20%
400
What are the 4 kinds of treatment options?
Chemotherapy, Radiation Treatment, Stem Cell Transplant, Biological Therapy.
400
What percentage of breast lumps are benign?
80%
400
How many types of Leukemia are there and what are they?
There are 4. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL, Acute myelogenous leukemia, or AML, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL, Chronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML 2. What are 3 ways of coping a child or loved one going through this disease?
500
What are symptoms attributed to Leukemia?
Fever and night sweats, Headaches, Bruising or bleeding easily, Bone or joint pain, A swollen or painful belly from an enlarged spleen, Swollen lymph nodes in the armpit, neck, or groin, Getting a lot of infections, Feeling very tired or weak, Losing weight and not feeling hungry.
500
If all of the tests come back normal there is one more to test for leukemia. What is it?
A Bone Marrow Biopsy
500
Because there is no cure for leukemia doctors only hope that the disease goes into remission, what is a way that patients can help research and get treatment at the same time?
Clinical Trials
500
How many people are living with or in remission from leukemia?
259,889
500
What are types of Liver Cancer?
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), Cholangiocarcinoma, Hepatoblastoma, Angiosarcoma or hemangiosarcoma
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