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By Terry Orr
What Is Cancer?
Cancer is the general name for a group of
more than 100 diseases. Although there are many kinds of cancer, all cancers
start because abnormal cells grow out of control. Untreated cancers can cause
serious illness and death.
How common is cancer?
Half
of all men and one-third of all women in the US will develop cancer during
their lifetimes.
Today, millions of people are living with
cancer or have had cancer. The risk of developing many types of cancer can be
reduced by changes in a person’s lifestyle, for example, by staying away from
tobacco, limiting time in the sun, being physically active and healthy eating.
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Each month,
we try to identify key health-related topics to share with you. Cancer is one of those health-related topics
too large to be adequately covered under just one heading. So, throughout the
year – nearly every month has more than one cancer-related topic of the
month. November has five such – and they
are:
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month;
- Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Month;
- National Family Caregivers Month;
- Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month; and
- Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
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Each of
these will be topics will have separate articles posted during the month. The Big “C” has probably touched all of our
lives – I know it sure has mine as my Grandmother and Dad both died as a result
of cervical and renal cell respectively.
In addition, several family members and friends have had one form or
another of Cancer.
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Educating
ourselves and family members about Cancer, symptoms, treatments, care, giving
our love and support are critical items in helping others. There are several support groups available to
assist you and your love ones in dealing with these terrible diereses and
strong recommend seeking their help.
To learn
more about Cancer, I recommend the National Cancer Institute (www.cancer.gov) – they have a list of all types
of Cancer that includes the following types of information:
- Definition of the type of cancer;
- Estimated new cases and deaths;
- Online booklet information;
- Treatment, Prevention, Genetics, Causes,
- Screening and Testing;
- Clinical Trails;
- Literature;
- Research and Related Information; and
- Statics (including fact sheets).
From the
good folks over at the National Library of Medicine – The most common cause of
cancer-related death is lung cancer.
The three most common cancers in men in the United
States are:
- Prostate cancer
- Lung cancer
- Colon cancer
In women in the United States, the three most common
cancers are:
- Breast cancer
- Colon cancer
- Lung cancer
Please
take a couple minutes to review some of these links – bookmark as
appropriate. Thank you!
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References and Links:
- http://www.cancer.org/?gclid=CLKjxKuYqrMCFQqe4AodzScAqA
- http://www.choosehope.com/cms-category/calendar-of-cancer-awareness-months
- http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/index
- http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/cancer
- http://www.cancer.net/all-about-cancer
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancer.html
- http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Aboutcancer/AboutcancerHome.aspx#.UJE6ScWHKSo
- http://www.cancerquest.org/
- http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@epidemiologysurveilance/documents/document/acspc-031941.pdf
- http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov/
- http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/
- http://www.nfcr.org/
- http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/alphalist
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002267/
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