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WELCOME TO
THE UPPER ROOM CHURCH
Health Expo & Seminar
Series
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REDUCING YOUR RISK OF
CANCER
Justina Blackwood
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The following presentation includes
principles to promote good health and is
not intended to take the place of
personalised professional care. You are
therefore encouraged to draw your own
conclusions about the ideas and
opinions expressed this evening.
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 Define cancer
 Highlight latest statistics
 Explore the most common cancers
 Explore risk factors
 Look at lifestyle in relation to risk reduction
 Questions
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 The organs and tissues of the body are made up of
tiny building blocks called cells. Cancer is a
disease of these cells (MacMillan, 2010).
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 Cancer is not a single disease
 Over 200 different types
 Cell division – normally orderly and controlled
 Tumour formation
 Tumours - Benign or malignant
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 There are over 200 different types
 Just four cancers - lung, bowel, breast and prostate
- account for almost half of all cancer deaths in the
UK
 1 in 4 deaths in the UK from cancer
 Breast cancer in women under 50 tops 50,000 for
the first time
 In 2010 around 157,250 deaths from cancer.
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 Smoking is the cause of most lung cancers
 Other Factors include
 Radon gas
 Age
 Genetic risk
 Asbestos
 Past cancer treatment
 Lowered immunity
 Other causes
Nb. LUNG CANCER IS NOT INFECTIOUS!
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Age
Reproductive history
Hormones
Breast density
Previous breast disease
Family history
Non-reproductive lifestyle factors
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 Obesity
 Physical activity
 Alcohol and tobacco
 NSAIDS
 Statins
 HRT and oral contraceptives
 Other medical conditions
 Radiation
 Family history
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 Family History
 Ethnicity
 Previous Cancers
 Other factors
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 STOP SMOKING
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 Alcohol increases breast and bowel cancer risks
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“WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS RAGING
AND WHOSOEVER IS DECEIVED THEREBY, IS NOT
WISE”
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 Being physically active can reduce the risk of
developing breast, bowel or womb cancer
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Some researchers estimate that we could
reduce the incidence of some types of
cancer by up to a third if we all ate more
healthily. This means general changes to
our diets and trying to maintain a healthy
weight. There is no one food that we should
or should not eat to help prevent cancer.
Diet has been linked to several types of
cancer including all the above.
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EATING MORE THAN 6g OF SALT PER DAY CAN BE DANGEROUS.
NHS Choices, 2013
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 Yesterday’s presentation by Dr Mabeza talked about
longevity and it’s link to those who eat a plant-based
diet
 Plant based diet promote health (PCRM).
 He mentioned, Genesis 1:29 “Behold, I have given you
every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all
the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed;
it shall be food for you”
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Being physically active, along with a healthy
balanced diet can also help you manage your
weight. Keeping to a healthy weight is another
great way to reduce the risk of developing
cancer and other diseases. But physical
activity has benefits above and beyond weight
control, and it doesn't only reduce the risk of
cancer through its effects on weight.
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 3 John 2: ‘Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy
good health and that all may go well with you,
even as your soul is getting along well”
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 Cancer Research UK (2013). Cancer Statistics Newsletter [online].
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Available at:
http://publications.cancerresearchuk.org/downloads/Product/CS_NE
WS_JUNE2013.pdf
Macmillan (2010). What is Cancer? Available at:
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Aboutcancer/Whati
scancer.aspx
Parkin DM, Boyd L, Walker LC. The fraction of cancer attributable to
lifestyle and environmental factors in the UK in 2010. Br J Cancer
2011;105(S2):S77-S81.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Available at:
http://www.pcrm.org/health/diets/pplate/why-power-plate
NHS Choices (2013). Salty food linked to Stomach Cancer. Available at:
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/07July/Pages/Salty-food-link-tostomach-cancers.aspx
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 “Optimal nutrition for health and how to reduce the
risk of diabetes”
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Are there any questions?
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