Cancer Risks That People can Control

By: Ross Wesely

Travis Arnet

David Detweiler

Smoking (tobacco) Radiation

Alcohol Vocabulary

Smoking (tobacco)

• Pretty much everyone that smokes knows the consequences of their actions.

• 80 percent of the people with lung cancer are smokers.

• If there is anywhere on the earth with increased smoking there is an increased number of lung cancer.

• Every one out of three people that die from cancer from the use of tobacco.

• There are more cancers other than lung cancer that are created from smoking. Like cancer in your voice box, mouth, esophagus, urinary bladder, kidneys, and the pancreas.

• Lots of these cancers came from tobacco.

Radiation

• Most cases of skin cancer are cause by the sun’s UV rays. Tanning beds make it a lot easier to get skin cancer.

• Sunscreen filters the harmful rays and lowers cancer risks.

• Human-made radiation comes from medical and dental x rays and from above-ground nuclear weapons testing any where on earth.

• Radon can be a risk of cancer for people whose homes are built over ground where radon is escaping.

Diet, Alcohol, and Physical Activity

• Alcohol lowers the body’s defenses against cancer when large amounts are consumed.

• Alcoholic beverages also contain toxins that may initiate cancer of the liver, esophagus, mouth, throat, rectum, lungs, and breast.

• People who drink alcohol on a regular basis increase their risk of some kinds of cancer.

• High meat intakes, high fat intakes, low fruit and vegetable intakes, and low grain intakes are the four factors (dietary) which strongly link to risks of cancer.

• People that are physically active reduce there risk of cancer, especially colon cancer.

• Those who don’t work out regularly have a better chance of cancers of this type.

• Physical activity helps to strengthen the muscles used to move the bowels and signals the intestines to move there contents along.

Vocabulary• Melanin- the protective skin pigment responsible for the tan,

brown, or black color of human skin; produced in abundance upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation

• Suntan lotion- lotion that may or may not have any sunscreen protection

• Sunscreen- a partial block against the cancer-causing rays of the sun

• Sun block- a total block of cancer-causing rays of the sun. Sun block has SPF (sun protective factor of 50 or greater. An example of sun block is Zinc oxide

• Radon- a gas that arises from the earth where radioactive materials are present