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- Cancer is characterized as a disease in which abnormal cells divide
uncontrollably. Theses cells can
invade and destroy other nearby tissue, and can spread throughout the
bloodstream and to other parts of the body.
- Cancer can develop in almost any organ or tissue of the body, but
certain types of cancer are more lethal than others.
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- Prostate Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Lymphoma Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Uterine Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Leukemia
- Skin Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
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- Unexplained weight loss
- Fever
- Fatigue
- Pain
- Skin changes
- Change in bowel habits or bladder function
- Unusual bleeding or discharge
- Sores that do not heal
- Thickening or lump in breast or other parts of the body
- Indigestion or difficulty swallowing
- Recent change in a wart or mole
- Nagging cough or hoarseness
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- Oncologists select from a number of options when treating cancer,
depending on the type and stage of the tumor involved. The major
treatments currently available are:
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Hormone therapy
- Immunotherapy
- Often, targeting cancerous tumors requires the combination of more than
one type of cancer therapy.
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- 50% of all cancer in the United States could be avoided through
prevention of weight gain, cessation of tobacco use, a healthy diet,
increased physical
- activity, and decreased alcohol us.
- About two-thirds of cancer deaths in the
- United States can be linked to tobacco use,
- diet, obesity, and lack of
physical activity.
- About 30% of cancer deaths in the United
- States can be linked to tobacco use.
- About 30% of cancer deaths in the United States can be linked to diet in
adult life, including its effects on obesity.
- About 5% of cancer deaths in the United States can be linked to an
inactive lifestyle.
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- Women who are overweight have over a
- 50% higher risk of the following cancers:
- cervical, breast, uterine, and ovarian.
- Men who are overweight have about a
- 40% higher risk of colon and prostate
- cancer.
- Little or no physical activity is associated
- with a twofold increase in risk of colon
- cancer.
- About 5% of cancers in the United States are linked to infectious
agents.
- The ultraviolet (UV) portion of the sunlight spectrum is responsible for
over 90% of skin cancers, including melanoma.
- About 5-10% of most types of cancer are linked to defects in single
genes that run in families.
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- About 1.2 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer each year.
- Cancer of the breast, prostate, lung, and colon represent about 50% of
the United States cancer burden.
- Breast cancer is the most common cancer among United States women
(182,800 diagnosed each year).
- Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among United States men
(180,800 diagnosed each year).
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- Lung cancer is the second most common cancer among men and women in the
United States (over 164,000 diagnosed each year; 89,500 cases in men and
74,600 cases in women).
- Colon cancer is the third most common cancer among men and women in the
United States (over 93,000 diagnosed each year; 43,400 cases in man and
50,400 cases in women).
- After breast, lung, and colon cancer, the most common cancers among
United States women are uterine cancer (36,100 diagnosed each year) and
ovarian cancer (23,100 diagnosed each year).
- After prostate, lung, and colon cancer, the most common cancers among
United States men are bladder cancer (38,300 diagnosed each year) and
melanoma cancer (27,300 diagnosed each year).
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- Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States.
- About 500,000 Americans die of cancer each year; totaling over 1,500
people a year.
- 1 in 4 deaths in the United States are from cancer.
- Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States,
accounting for approximately 167,000 deaths each year (99,000 in men and
68,000 in women).
- Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United
States, accounting for approximately 48,000 deaths each year (23,100 in
men and 24,600 in women).
- Breast cancer accounts for approximately 44,500 deaths each year.
- Prostate cancer accounts for approximately 37,000 deaths each year.
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- More males have cancer than women.
- African Americans are more likely to develop cancer
- than persons of any other racial or ethnic group in the
- United States.
- African Americans are about 34% more likely to die of
- cancer than whites, and about two times more likely to
- die of cancer than Asians, American Indians, and
- Hispanics.
- African American women are more likely to die of breast and colon
cancers than women of any other racial or ethnic group in the United
States.
- African American women have approximately the same lung cancer death
rate as white women.
- African American men have the highest death rates of colon and rectum,
lung, and prostate cancers.
- Lung cancer death rates are approximately 40% higher among African
American males than white males.
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