1. CANCER

2. THE WORD CANCER  FEAR  DEATH  PAIN  SUFFERING  LOSS  ECONOMIC LOSS  DISFIGUREMENT  WHAT’S THE FUTURE

3. WHAT CANCER LOOKS LIKE

5. CANCER CELLS

10. What’s cancer?  CANCER IS NOT JUST ONE DISEASE, BUT a BROAD GROUP OF DISEASES INVOLVING UNREGULATED CELL GROWTH.  MEDICALLY KNOWN AS MALIGNANT NEOPLASM  ALL CANCER IS GENETIC, TRIGGERED BY ALTERED GENES.  MOST CANCERS COME FROM RANDOM MUTATIONS THAT DEVELOP DURING ONES

11. WHAT CAUSES CANCER  CAUSED BY RANDOM MUTATIONS THAT DEVELOP IN THE BODY DURING ONE’S LIFETIME- EITHER BY A MISTAKE WHEN CELLS ARE GOING THROUGH CELL DIVISION OR AS A RESPONSE TO INJURIES FROM ENVIONMENTAL AGENTS SUCH AS CHEMICALS OR RADIATION.

12. CAUSES OF CANCER  90-95 % ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS - 25-30 % TOBACCO ( contains over 50 known carcinogens) - 30-35% OBESITY - 15-20 % RADIATION, STRESS, LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS  5-10% GENETIC

13. SYMPTOMS DEPEND ON TYPE OF CANCER- COMMON  CHILLS  FATIGUE  LOSS OF APPETITE  FEVER  NIGHT SWEATS  WEIGHT LOSS

14. DIAGNOSIS  BIOPSY IF TUMOR  BLOOD TESTS  CHEST X-RAY  CT SCAN  MRI SCAN  BONE MARROW BIOPSY ( LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA)

15. TREATMENTS  SURGICAL ( IF TUMOR IS LOCALIZED)  RADIATION  ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS- DRUGS THAT INHIBIT THE FORMATION OF BLOOD VESSELS THAT FEED THE TUMOR.  BIOLOGICAL THERAPY- USE OF COMPONENTS OF THE BODIES IMMUNE SYSTEM TO KILL THE CANCER CELLS- LIKE T CELLS, MACROPHAGES  GENE THERAPY  BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT