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 1.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. 2.Suntan lotion- a lotion that may or may not have any sunscreen protection. 3.Sunscreen- a partial block against the cancer causing rays of the sun. 4.Sun Block- a total block against the cancer causing rays of the sun. 5.Radon- a gas that arises from the Earth where radioactive materials are present.