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Statistics
Tobacco
Facts
Miscellaneous Pt. 1
Miscellaneous Pt. 2
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This race and gender is 40 percent more likely to develop lung cancer than caucasian men
What is african american men
100
The substance in tobacco that causes lung cancer
What is a carcinogen
100
The leading cause of lung cancer
What is tobacco smoking
100
2 out of 3 people diagnosed with lung cancer are ___ years old or older
What is 65 years old
100
Exercise Doesn't Affect Lung Cancer Risk; True or False
What is True
200
Fewer than __ percent of all cases are found in people younger than 45.
What is 2%
200
Smoking is responsible for roughly __ percent of all cases of lung cancer.
What is 90 percent
200
Each year more women are diagnosed with lung cancer than men; True or False
What is false
200
One way you can be diagnosed with lung cancer without exposure to toxic chemicals
What is genetics
200
Eating these two food groups can decrease your risk of Lung Cancer
What is fruits and vegetables
300
This fraction of people diagnosed with lung cancer pass away within a year
What is 1/2
300
Stopping smoking before this age group avoids most of the risk of smoking-related lung cancer
What is middle age.
300
The two types of lung cancer
What is small cell lung cancers and non-small cell lung cancers
300
This disease can cause scarring of lung tissue, which can be a risk factor for developing lung cancer.
What is Tuberculosis
300
Signs and symptoms of lung cancer may include....
What is A new cough that doesn't go away, Changes in a chronic cough or "smoker's cough", Coughing up blood, Shortness of breath, Chest pain, Wheezing, Hoarseness, Losing weight without trying, Bone pain, Headache
400
Men who smoke are __times more likely to develop lung cancer than men who do not smoke
What is 23
400
Tobacco smoke contains more than ____ different chemical compounds
What is 4,000
400
Lung cancer is the (first, second, or third) most common cancer in both men and women (not including skin cancer).
What is second
400
The two types of lung cancer
What is small cell and non small cell
400
The treatment for lung cancer
What is surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation
500
Cancer, of any kind, is caused by a ___ that has developed mutations that cause the cell to stop regulating its growth
What is a cell
500
The second leading cause of lung cancer
What is an odorless radioactive gas called radon
500
Exposure to ____ (Not the gas) puts one at risk for lung cancer.
What is asbestos
500
These three leading cancer killers takes less lives combined than lung cancer itself
What is breast colon and prostate cancer
500
This a screening procedure extracts a small piece of tissue from the lung under a microscope to look for cancer cells
What is a biopsy