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CANCER
AWARENESS
MARCH
-COLORECTAL CANCER
COLORECTAL CANCER IS CANCER OF THE COLON OR RECTUM. IT IS MORE COMMON IN PEOPLE OVER
50, BUT CAN AFFECT PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN 50 TOO. BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF COLON
CANCER THE FUTURE FOR A CURE RELIES HEAVILY ON ANALYSIS ON A GENETIC LEVEL THEN
ADAPTING THE RESULTS TO THE INDIVIDUAL. SYMPTOMS DO NOT ALWAYS APPEAR RIGHT AWAY,
BUT CAN INCLUDE BLOOD IN STOOL, CHANGES IN BOWEL HABITS AND STOMACH DISCOMFORT.
-KIDNEY CANCEER
KIDNEY CANCER FORMS IN THE LINING OF TUBES IN YOUR KIDNEYS THAT ARE USED TO FILTER AND
CLEAN BLOOD. KIDNEY CANCER SPREADS RAPIDLY BECAUSE OF THE KIDNEYS ROLE IN BLOOD
CIRCULATION. IT IS MOST COMMON IN PEOPLE OVER 40 AND CAN CAUSE BLOOD IN URINE, A LUMP IN
THE ABDOMEN, UNEXPLAINED WEIGHT LOSS, AND LOSS OF APPETITE.
APRIL
NATIONAL CANCER CONTROL MONTH
-ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
ESOPHAGEAL CANCER AFFECTS THE ESOPHAGUS, A TUBE THAT CARRIES FOOD AND DRINKS FROM
YOUR THROAT TO YOUR STOMACH. EARLY ESOPHAGEAL CANCER USUALLY DOES NOT CAUSE ANY
SYMPTOMS, BUT LATER PEOPLE WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING, WEIGHT LOSS, AND MIGHT
COUGH UP BLOOD. THESE LACKS OF EARLY SYMPTOMS ARE LEADING TO NFCR TO LOOK FOR A MORE
EFFECTIVE WAY TO DETECT ESOPHAGUS CANCER.
-HEAD & NECK CANCER
HEAD AND NECK CANCER INCLUDES CANCERS FOUND IN THE MOUTH, NOSE, SINUSES, SALIVARY
GLANDS, THROAT AND LYMPH NODES IN THE NECK. MOST START IN THE TISSUES THAT LINE THE
MOUTH, NOSE AND THROAT AND ARE STRONGLY LINKED TO TOBACCO USE. OFTEN, HEAD AND NECK
CANCER’S REAPPEAR DESPITE PHYSICAL REMOVAL. THESE CANCERS CAN CAUSE A LUMP OR SORE
THAT WON’T HEAL A CHRONIC SORE THROAT, DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING OR A CHANGE IN VOICE.
-ORAL CANCER
MOUTH CANCER HAS THE SAME MEANING AS ORAL CANCER - IT IS CANCER THAT OCCURS IN ANY
PART OF THE MOUTH; ON THE TONGUE'S SURFACE, IN THE LIPS, INSIDE THE CHEEK, IN THE GUMS, IN
THE ROOF AND FLOOR OF THE MOUTH, IN THE TONSILS, AND ALSO THE SALIVARY GLANDS.MOUTH
CANCER IS A TYPE OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER, AND IS OFTEN TREATED SIMILARLY TO O T