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Know what
you
don’t know
about
CANCER
Presented by :
Ahmed Elgaarany
Doaa Zamel
Definition :
 The name for diseases in which the body
cells become abnormal and divide without control.
 Cancer cells may spread through the bloodstream
and lymphatic system to other parts of the body.
 It isn’t confined for man and the higher mammals
but affects all most multicellular organisms.
Causes :
Radiation :
(UV & X-ray).
Cosmetics (skin cancer).
Smoking (lung cancer).
Hepatitis B & C (liver
cancer).
H.Pylori (stomach cancer).
Cell cycle :
Symptoms :
 Tiredness.
 Coughing.
 Formation of a cyst.
 Unexplained weight loss.
 Fever.
 Fatigue.
 Pain.
 Skin changes ( darker skin , yellowish , reddned ).
There is more 100 types of cancer:
 Most common in male :
 Most common in
Lung.
Prostate.
Colon.
Urinary bladder.
Leukemia , lymphoma .
females:
Breast.
Colon.
Cervix.
Lung.
Leukemia , lymphoma .
Is cancer infectious ?
 No , cancer is not infectious.
 A healthy person cannot "catch" cancer from
someone who has it.
 There is no evidence that close contact or things like
sex, kissing, touching, sharing meals, or breathing
the same air can spread cancer from one person to
another.
Mum may pass
cancer to her baby
through placenta.
Diagnosis:
By analysis:
- Identifing cancer markers in
tumer tissue.
- CBC blood test : compare
results with identified cancer
cells.
- Lymphocytes size test : if
swollen cells more than normal
ones >> cancer.
Treatment :
Medical surgery :
if tumer size is small.
Radiation :
may affect the surrounding normal
tissue.
Chemotherapy :
Chemicals can’t differentiate
between infected and normal cells.
How to protect ourselves from cancer ?
 The best way to avoid cancer is not to smoke.
 Eating well (vegetables & fruit) to improve our health and
immune system beside doing sport.
 Drinking green tea continuously.
 As we know that << Prevention is better than cure >>.
Question (1) :
Finally, what did you understand
about cancer ?
Question (2) :
Is cancer infectious ? How
should we deal with patients ?