Cancer

Chapter 12

 

 

 

I.                        What is Cancer?

 

 

     Benign vs. Malignant Tumors

 

 

 

    How Cancer Spreads:  Metastasis

 

 

 

II.                      COMMOM CANCERS

 

 

 

 

1.  Lung Cancer

 

 

2.  Colon and Rectal Cancer

 

 

3.  Breast Cancer

 

 

4.  Prostate Cancer

 

 

3 Cancers of the Female Reproductive Tract

 

1.  Cervical Cancer

 

2.  Uterine or Endometrial Cancer

 

3.  Ovarian Cancer

 

 

 

5.  Skin Cancer

 

 

  1. Oral Cancer

 

 

  1. Testicular Cancer

 

 

OTHER CANCERS:

 

 

 

III.                   The Causes of Cancer

 

 

Role of DNA

DNA Mutations and Cancer

Cancer Promoters

 

 

IV.                   Dietary Factors

 

 

V.                     Carcinogens in the Environment

 

 

 

 

VI.               Preventing Cancer  

        

CAUTION:

 

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