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Outline (Cancer) I. Introduction Chronic Disease continues to plaque many people each year. The number of cases reported continues to rise and the majority of them end in fatality. Most of these diseases are preventable and new treatment has been discovered. While the five year survival rates have risen dramatically since the 1900s and all cancer is not fatal, cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
II. Causes and Risk Factors: There are a variety of causes and risk factors for cancer. The two major class factors that cause cancer are hereditary risk and acquired environmental risk. Hereditary factors are non-modifiable, but environmental factors are modifiable. There are lifestyle risks which refer to the probability of an individual over their life course, developing and dying from cancer
II. Causes and Risk Factors A. Environmental/Chemical B. Food C. Hereditary III. Diagnosis Information: Because there are many types of cancer, the diagnosis information is done by performing certain test. Certain cancers can be diagnosed by completing less evasive blood test, while other cancers are he complete evaluation of a patient usually requires a risk and acquired environmental risk, Hereditary factors are non-modifiable, but environmental factors are modifiable.
iV. Prevention You shouldn’t use tobacco; using any type of tobacco puts you on a collision course with cancer. Chewing tobacco has been linked to cancer of the oral cavity and pancreas, even if you don't use tobacco, exposure to secondhand smoke may increase your risk of lung cancer.