Transcript Cancer Risks that People can Control

Cancer Risks that People can
Control
Andrew Stembridge
Derek Holdway
Conner Thrash
Cancer Risks Categories
Cancer risks are placed in three categories
1) Risks one can fully control
ex. Behavior
2) Risks one can moderately control
ex. Environmental pollutants
3) Risks one can not control
ex. Gender, genetics, and age
Tobacco
Everyone knows smoking is linked to cancer.
Eighty percent of hospitalized lung caner victims
are smokers. When researchers spread
chemicals from tobacco smoke on a patch of
living skin, cancer develops at the site. About 1/3
of cancer deaths are linked to tobacco use.
Tobacco leads to possible cancer in the Larynx
(voice box), mouth, esophagus, urinary bladder,
kidney, pancreas, and many other organs.
Physical Activities
People who are active lower their risk of
having cancer, especially in the colon.
Physical activity strengthens the muscles
used to move the bowels and massages
the intestines to help move their contents
along.
Diet and Alcohol
Four dietary factors link with high cancer
risks: high meat intakes, high fat intakes,
low fruit and vegetable intakes, and low
grain intakes. Alcoholic beverages also
contain toxins that may initiate cancer of
the liver, esophagus, mouth, rectum,
lungs, and breast. People who take in
alcohol on a daily basis probably increase
their risks of some kind of cancer.
Types of Skin Cancer
You are always absorbing UV rays;
overexposure of these rays leads to many
types of skin cancer.
There are two distinct types of skin cancer.
One is called melanoma, and it is a fast
spreading deadly cancer. The other is a
slower moving type of surface skin cancer.
How to Prevent Radiation
1) Try to stay indoors between 10a.m. and
4p.m. that is when the suns rays are the
strongest.
2) Use sun block when going in the sun, the
more SPF the more protection.
3) Try going into the sun for frequent short
trips, instead of one long trip.
4) Test your home for hazardous amounts
of radon.
Vocabulary
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Melanin- the protective skin pigment that is responsible
for the tan, brown, or black color of skin; produced in
abundance upon exposure to the human skin.
Suntan lotion- a lotion that may or may not have any
sunscreen protection.
Sunscreen- a partial block against the cancer causing
rays of the sun.
Sun Block- a total block against the cancer causing
rays of the sun.
Radon- a gas that arises from the Earth where
radioactive materials are present.