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​ = = = = = = =Scotia-Glenville High School Health Education=

** //Although cancer is the second leading cause of death in this country, many cancers are preventable and the risk factors may be within your control.// **

1. To begin our discussion of cancer, think about the following and add your responses on your own time and by Monday. __Put your initials after your comments.__

=#2 is due by Tuesday at 9 PM!! Get your passes to the library, lab or D10 in class!= 2. After you have made your comments, go to your own page (find your name on the left) and create a page educating the class about the cancer or cancer-related issue you investigated at the American Cancer Society website. **Note: You will have to click "Edit" to enter your information or make changes**. You may include statistics, images and short videos. Save your work often! You may find additional information at websites including the Centers for Disease Control or the National Institutes of Health. You should check out the printed materials in our LMC, including the reference books. Be creative! Other suggested resources: Library Media Center reference books (//Information Plus//), databases National Cancer Institute, Mayo Clinic

Add your responses:
 * When I hear the word //c////ancer// I think or feel .........................Words that are associated with cancer are... **

my grandfather, smoking................-_-.........................................lung cancer M.N my grampa...............................................................................death d.p My dad P.T. .................................. ............................................Chemotherapy P.T. Death J.T. chemotherapy and death M.F........................................................tumors and cells M.F. Disease, tumors M.S.............................................................................benine tumor M.S. Abnormal amount of cells J.C..........................................................Intestinal J.C My Grandma M.S...........................................................................Lungs M.S. My Grandfather Z.H.........................................................................Diabetes type 2 Z.H Pain A.R........................................................................................Radiation A.R.  tumor I.G..........................................................................................skin I.G Ciggarettes......................................................................................Lung Cancer JH My Grandma V.C............................................................................ Pancreatic Cancer, Pain V.C. Tobacco ........................................................................................... Lung Cancer J.P Most Dangerous Cancer A.K ............................................................ Mesothelioma A.K **my grandmother and grandfather, ....................................................... lung cancer, M.L** my great grandmother and relay for life..........AY All of my Grandparents died from some type of cancer..........................E.M. i think of the risk im at from smokeng and my grandma who smokes more then me.....D.F My grandfather survived cancer C.R................................................Tumor C.R. My Great Uncle Date.J.M............................................................................Lung Cancer.J.M. My grandmother suffering EP....................................................................Relapse EP I am sorry PT grandparents who smoke getting lung cancer..and my aunt who passed from heart issues. M.S. my grandpa passed from heart problems T.M. my uncle...............................................................................................Leukemia K.C. //chemotherapy and risk factors.............................................................melanoma, radiation treatment S.D. death, and a little boy who recently passed at my mother's school from cancer (she's a principal)........remission, metastasis CT // ** My grandfather .......................................................................................skin cancer L.M.  Chemotherapy, deadly, grandfather........................................................................ Liver Cancer BA is it spreading?A.W....................................................................................................tumorA.W ** My mom, she had a tumor in her kidney and had 3 surgerys, she also had a scare of kidney cancer it took all last summer. im glad its over.....................................................................................................................................................J.R. My Grandmaother, and many other family memebers haveing cancer H.S............smokeing H.S. Tumor........................................................................................................................M.R ​Sad for the people who have to fight it...........................................................chemotherapy M.C the list of people I see every Sunday who are fighting cancer...............................ovarian cancer R.K.  ​ My neighbor.................................................................................................Chemo side effects EH  My Grandfather...............................................................................................Colon Cancer N.B Relay for Life and the people that die and survive cancer....................................... tumors and malignant A.F.  My grandma died of brain cancer.............................................................................Breast cancer P.H I think of science and cures, as strange as that sounds.OS My Dad.................................................................................................................Melanoma C.N. my neighbor who died from cancer...............................................Chemotherapy CM ​ my grandparents.......................................................................AT My aunt...who died of cancer................................death. MG HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN SMOKING.............................................................................LUNG CANCER C.K My Friends and Family.........................................................................................................Lung Cancer...SS

Some cancers are preventable P.T. ............................................................Will there be a cure for pancreatic cancer? P.T.
 * Questions I have:**

Some are easily curable then others. Z.H ...................................................How or why cancer happens in the body? Z.H

Depending on the cancer theres many different treatments J.B......................Why can't we find cures for some but not the others. J.B

cancer is an abnormal cluster of white blood cells I.G....................................can you be imune to cancer I.G that every 1 out of 4 people die from cancer..................................................how painful is it?? JH

you can prevent it and some cancers are curable................why can some people get through it or get rid of it when others can't? M.S.

A benign tumor means it is non-cancerous.........................Why are the treatments for cancer so harmful to your body? KH

Cancer starts with a mutation in the cell's nucleus causing it to grow and reproduce abnormally.........Has cancer always been this prevalent? S.D

Some cancers will have little or no symptoms until they have already metastasized................When was the first case of cancer documented and what type of cancer was it? CT one out of every eight women will have breast cancer........................ why do some people have a higher risk factors L.M.

You don't always know that you have cancer until it is too late .............. Who discovered cancer and how did they end up discovering it? BA

two types of cancerA.W..................................................................How is it genetic?A.W Certain cancer risks have been identified on specific genes. PT we are the problem..HS..............................................if certain foods, and certain cemicals casue cancer, and diesases, why do we keep making

them? H.S People keep buying them!!! If something in food is proven to be cardinogenic, it must be removed according to the Delaney Ammendment. PT some people are more receptive to treatment than others.........................................Why is this? EP  Cancer was named by Hippocrates! The first documented case was in Egypt around 1500 B.C. PT

**i would encourage them, and offer any help and give any support i had. M.L** Is it hard going through everyday life? and Did you think you had cancer? M.N <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">**I would like to ask:** What did you think when you first found out? P.T. was there a reason for your cancer or were you diagnosed randomly d.p How long did it take for you to be treated? M.S. Is chemo theropy painful.............JH what kind of cancer did they have? and how long it lasted...how did you take the news you had cancer? M.S. How difficult it was physically and emotionally to get through it......CT Did it change your every day life.....L.M. <span style="color: #f4065c; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 8pt;">//After finding out that you had cancer did it impact your daily life and social life? ... BA// What did you do when you found out?A.W Id ask my grandmother if she regreted smokeing.HS <span style="color: #269c2c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Have any other members of your family had the same type of cancer? EP <span style="color: #1f60d1; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">What was your first thought when the doctor told you that you had cancer? MC How did you tell your friends and family about having cancer? AR Did you ever smoke or were you exposed to second hand smoke..........NL How did it change your life style........CM <span style="color: #ab00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">How did you and your family cope with the news? AT <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #19d7cf; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">How far into the development of the tumor or cancer did you get diagnosed and has anyone in your family ever been diagnosed with any cancers or tumors?....A.F. Do you regret doing what you did that caused the cancer?....... J.P ​ My dad died of all kinds of cancer. It started in his colon and spreaded all over his body. He did chemo and other radiations but nothing seemed to help him get cured. He died about 4 years after he was diagnosed. KK
 * If I could speak to someone my age who has experienced cancer, **
 * how did you feel mentally about having cancer and how did it effect your life? M.F. **
 * How did you feel when you had heard the news and did you think about how you got it? ZH**

<span style="color: #4d1a75; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What were your first thought? Did you tell your family on the spot or did you wait? E.R. <span style="color: #30b1e8; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I would ask them if they experienced pain and if it was the worst they've ever felt............................. K.C

What was your reaction when you found out that you had cancer?.........................................................C.K. What was the first thing you did after you got told you had cancer?.........................................................P.H. Are there just as many kinds of cancers that are not lethal v.s as many types that are. R.E How do you live through each day? OS Why did you start smoking in the first place? C.H. Did you know what the risks were? C.H. What was your first reaction? C.N. When you first found out that you had cancer, were you embaressed that you had it this young?.............MG ​

3. **Watch this brief video**. media type="youtube" key="LEpTTolebqo" height="230" width="346"

In response to some of the questions people have posed, look at these brief videos or readings:

4. The research regarding using the immune system to fight cancer is promising. Look at this brief video that involves immunotherapy for cancer.

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== == = [|www.yourcancertoday.com] is a resource to investigate for your assignment. The local broadcasts of this program are available on cable television and online. Check the resources provided on the menu., =

5. Read this article about the connection between sleep and cancer.
[|How Sleep Affects Cancer]

6. Skin Cancer, particularly melanoma, is a very serious cancer. Everyone needs some protection from the sun (SPF). Take the Poll! We will discuss the results. media type="custom" key="4718699"