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Treatments
Risk Factors
Causes of Cancers
True or False?
Ribbon Colors
100
What is the use of medicines or drugs to treat cancer?
Chemotherapy
100
Gender is an example of what risk factor?
Biological risk factors
100
What are a 7% cause of cancer. a. occupational factors b. radiation c. viruses d. sunlight
C. Viruses
100
True or false? Weight loss is a symptom of cancer?
True
100
What type of cancer does a pink ribbon represent?
Breast Cancer
200
Cancer surgery may be used to achieve _____ or more goals.
One
200
A mutated gene inherited from parents is an example of what risk factors?
Hereditary risk factors.
200
UV radiation is an example of what risk factor?
Environmental risk factors.
200
True or false? You can get biological risk factors from your parents?
False. You can get hereditary risk factors from your parents.
200
What type of cancer does a white ribbon represent?
Lung Cancer
300
What is one of the three most common types of treatment for cancer?
surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy
300
Skin complexion is an example of what risk factor?
Biological risk factors.
300
What cause of cancer is a 10% cause? a. sunlight b. alcohol c. diet d. tobacco
A. sunlight
300
True or false? Diet is the biggest cause of cancer.
True.
300
What type of cancer is represented by an orange ribbon?
Leukemia
400
Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells by damaging their ________?
DNA
400
What type of risk factors come from the environment? a. tanning beds b. UV radiation c. skin complexion
B. UV radiation
400
What is the least percent cause of cancer?
1% - radiation
400
True of false? Cancer surgery is an operation to repair of remove part of your body to diagnose or treat cancer.
True.
400
What type of cancer is represented by a green ribbon?
Lymphoma
500
Common side effects of _____ are nausea and vomiting, hair loss, bone marrow changed, mouth and skin changes, memory changes, and emotional changes
Chemotherapy
500
Name 2 behavioral risk factors.
Smoking, drinking alcohol, using tanning beds, eating unhealthy food, being overweight, not getting enough exercise.
500
What percent of the causes of cancer is from tobacco?
30%
500
True of false? Leukemia causes almost half of all cancer deaths in children under the age of 15.
False. It causes almost one third of all deaths in children under the age of 15.
500
What type of cancer is represented by a purple ribbon?
Pancreatic Cancer