Types of cancer
What is the most common type of cancer in WOMEN?
Breast cancer
What product, regardless of it being chewed or smoked, is a known risk factor for cancer?
Tobacco
What treatment uses high-energy waves to destroy or damage cancer cells?
Radiation
What can eating a healthy diet, keeping a healthy weight, and avoiding tobacco use prevent?
Cancer
What cancer can constipation and diarrhea be a symptom of?
Colorectal cancer
What cancer affects the lining of the lungs and is commonly linked to smoking?
Lung cancer
What factor, If your overexposed to it, can cause skin cancer?
The sun
What type of therapy involves drugs that travel through the bloodstream to reach and destroy cancer cells throughout the body?
What type of screening involves looking at the colon for issues?
Colonoscopy
What cancer is a lump a symptom for?
Breast
What type of cancer originates in the blood-forming tissues, for example like in bone marrow?
Leukemia
What substance, when overly used, is a common risk factor for liver disease?
Alcohol
What type of therapy targets certain molecules involved in cancer cell growth?
Targeted therapy
What term refers to the process of cancer spreading from its main area to other parts of the body?
Metastasis
What cancer is unexplained bleeding or discharge symptoms of?
cervical
What type of cancer is commonly diagnosed through a blood test and primarliy affects older men?
Prostate cancer
What factor if the diet is high in this, is commonly found in processed foods, and raises blood pressure?
Sodium
What treatment involves surgically removing a tumor or affected tissue?
Surgery
Regular self-exams and mammograms are crucial for which cancer prevention?
Breast
What cancer are night sweats symptoms of?
Leukemia
What cancer causes changes in your skin, like a new form of growth?
Skin cancer
What if you have high levels of this, often due to genetics or diet, is an important risk factor? Or what is the correct term of gaining a significant amount of weight?
Choloesterol, or obesity
What treatment uses the body´s own immune system to fight off the cancer?
Immunotherapy
What month is dedicated to raising awareness about all types of cancer?
What cancer is a sore that wont heal a symptom of?
skin