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1. Cancer Definition - a group of diseases occur in ditterentparts of the body,
charac-
terized by cells that grow outof control and spread beyond the

original site. More than 200 types of cancers

Can occur anywhere is the body

Chronic disease with acute episodes

2. Incidence and Second leading cause of death in the U.S.
Mor-tality 15.5 million Americans have cancer or a history of cancer
1.7 million new cases in 2019-Numbers only increasing
> 600,000 yearly deaths

Minority groups have a disproportionate burden of cancer
-because lack of health promotion and prevention so lack of recognition
- less access to healthcare economic disparities
-more likely to be exposed to environmental hazards

-big cities have higher rates of cancer

3. most common breast, lung, colon
can-cers in
women -Preston long's most popular overall

prostate, lung, colorectal
4. Most common
can-cers in men
Genetics and heredity
5. Risk Factors for -Gene mutations only 5 to 10% of cancers are hereditary
Can-cer • Age
• Gender
• Poverty
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immune suppressors




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• Diet-read A+
meat high-calories

• Occupation-Coal miners army any chemical exposure
• Infection-HPV H. pylori HIV
• Drugs -hormone replacement, fertility drugs, anabolic
steroids, growth hormones
• Tobacco use
• Alcohol use
• Recreational drug use-increased risks for hep C he which
increased risk for liver cancer
• Obesity
• Sun exposure
• Chronic inflammation

-marijuana increases risk for testicular cancer

6. Cigarette The single largest preventable cause of disease and
Smoking and premature death in the U.S
Tobacco Use • 1 in 5 cancer deaths is related to smoking
• Tobacco use is strongly linked to the following types of cancer:
• Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).
• Bladder cancer.
• Esophageal cancer.
• Kidney cancer.
• Lung cancer.
• Oral cavity cancer.
• Pancreatic cancer.
• Stomach cancer

-twenty to thirty percent increase fake being exposed to secondhand
smoke


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