Transcript Symptoms of Colorectal Cancer

A Service Learning Collaboration for
Community Cancer Education (SLCCE)
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Ruth MacDonald, PhD, RD (ISU)
Gregory Welk, PhD (ISU)
Sally Barclay, MS, RD, LD (ISU)
Jean Anderson, MS, RD, LD (ISU)
Laura Elliott, MPH, RD, LD (Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames)
Kristi Hepner, RD, LD (NWRC Service Learning project
Coordinator)
– Students in ISU HS 430 “Community Health Program
Development” (ISU)
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Health Promotion Programming Project
Purpose of this project:
– Provide students experience
developing/organizing health communications and
resources promoting healthy lifestyles.
– Create toolkits to be used to deliver community
health education programs focused on cancer
prevention.
Toolkit Topic Areas
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Get Your Rear in Gear (Colon cancer)
Shining the Light on Skin Cancer
It’s Time to Kick BUTTS (Lung cancer)
Breast Cancer Prevention and Survival
• Diet and Cancer: The effects of diet and
cancer prevention
• Physical Activity Awareness
How to protect yourself
from colorectal cancer
Why is Colorectal Cancer Prevention
Important?
• Colorectal cancer is the 3rd most common cancer
in men and women in the United States
• Begins to develop in the colon or rectum
• Takes several years to develop
• One of the most preventable types of cancer
www.cancer.org
Objectives of Program
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Assess audience’s knowledge of colorectal cancer.
Identify the significance of colorectal cancer.
Identify the importance of colorectal screening.
Identify prevention strategies.
Identify the risk factors for colorectal cancer.
Identify various treatment methods.
Identify local support services.
Colorectal Risk Factors
•Age
•A family history of colon cancer
•Race
•Diet high in animal sources
•Lack of physical activity
•Obesity
•A personal history of colorectal cancer
•A personal history of colon polyps
www.cancer.org
Symptoms of Colorectal Cancer
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Diarrhea or constipation
Weight loss
Abdominal pain
Fatigue
Weakness
Red or dark blood in stool
www.cancer.org
Colorectal Cancer Prevention
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Go to a doctor if you recognize any symptoms
Eat a balanced diet
Maintain an active lifestyle
Consider genetic counseling
Learn you family medical history
Avoid tobacco products
Reduce radiation exposure
• If you’re 50 or older, schedule a colorectal
cancer screening
www.cancer.org
Shining the Light on Skin
Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis
& Treatment
Providing educational information about the
causes, signs, prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of skin cancer
What is Photoaging?
Photoaging is the visible aspect of aging
such as wrinkles, discoloration
and sun spots
The Skin Cancer Foundation: Photos from East Carolina University- Psychology department
The ABCD Mole Warning Signs
• Asymmetry
• Border
• Color
• Diameter
Diagnosis
• Diagnosis of today
– Medical history
– Physical exam
– Biopsy
• What the future holds
for early detection
– Confocal laser scanning
microscopy
Treatment
• Chemotherapy
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Hair loss
Mouth sores
Loss of appetite
Lowered resistance to infection
• Immunology
– Enhances and encourages own
immune system
– Cytokine therapy
– Melanoma vaccines
– BCG vaccine
It’s Time to Kick
BUTTS
How to prevent lung cancer.
Objectives
– General knowledge of lung cancer
– Opportunities to quit smoking
– Provide supports to quit smoking
– Health benefits of quitting
Can You Tell Which Lung
is Healthy?
Early Screening and
Detection
• Screenings
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Physical exam
Chest x-ray
CT scan
MRI
PET Scan
• Detection
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Sputum Cytology
Needle Biopsy
Bronchoscopy
Blood Tests
Smoking Cessation
• The only way YOU will be able to quit smoking
is to be motivated to WANT to quit.
• The price of tobacco products are continually
on the rise and your smoking habits not only
effect you, but your family and friends as well.
• How Much Does Your Habit Cost?
Smoking Cessation
• Over-the-counter
Options
– Nicotine gum
– Nicotine lozenge
Nicotine patch
• Prescription Options
– Nicotine nasal spray
– Nicotine inhaler
– Bupropion SR
• Zyban, Wellbutrin
– Varenicline
• Chantix
• Grants from the American Cancer Society (ACS)
and Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF)
• ISU
– Ruth MacDonald, PhD, RD
– Gregory Welk, PhD
– Sally Barclay, MS, RD, LD
– Jean Anderson, MS, RD, LD
– Kristi Hepner, RD, LD
• Mary Greely Medical Center
– Laura Elliot, MPH, RD, LD
• A teaching and learning strategy that joins
together community service with instruction
and reflection to enhance the student’s
learning experience, teach responsibility, and
strengthen communities.
• Developing/organizing health
communications and resources promoting a
healthy lifestyle
• Creating toolkits
• Helping cancer survivors
• Teaching the value of service learning
• Currently have information in print and
electronic sources, but cannot understand or
put them into practice
• Role of diet and physical activity in the
prevention of cancer and cancer survivorship
• Conduct education programming in
community and clinical settings
• Present information on physical activity and
a healthy diet
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– Developed resource booklets and toolkits
• Future Semesters
– Students majoring in nutritional science,
dietetics, and kinesiology, along with ISU Dietetic
Interns
• Present programs for cancer prevention and
importance of healthy lifestyles for cancer survivorship
• Interactive presentations
– Identifying and preparing healthy foods
– Using internet resources
– Practical and achievable physical activity
– Ways to self monitor diet and exercise
Kristi Hepner, RD, LD
Iowa State University
515-294-8337
[email protected]