Cancer

Agenda

• What is cancer
• How does cancer spread
• How is it detected/treated
• Which are the most common types of cancer
• How does cancer form
• How cancer got its name
• Product

What is Cancer

• A group of diseases
• Mutated cells

How Does Cancer Spread

• Blood Stream
• Infecting cells around the tumor

How is Cancer detected

• Biopsy
• Blood Test
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Technetium 99m

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How is Cancer Treated

• Surgery
• Radiation Therapy
• Chemotherapy

Most Common Cancers

• Lung Cancer -158,040
• Breast Cancer -40,700
• Pancreatic Cancer -40,560

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How Does Cancer Form

• Random mutations
• Infection from outside source
• Radiation

How Cancer got its name

• Greek name - carcinoma
• Cancer in Latin - Crab

Edwin Smith Papyrus - 1600 B.C.

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