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What is Cancer?
What is Cancer?
1. Cells get damaged (become abnormal)
2. Start dividing much faster than normal
3. A clump of cells form (growth) – can be
smaller than a pea or as big as a football!
4. Sometimes the lump is benign – not
cancerous – not harmful
5. Sometimes it is malignant – cancer –
potential to be harmful because it can
interfere with the way the body works
What is Cancer?
How do cells become damaged?
Diets and lifestyle
What can be done to help to
prevent Cancer?
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Help your immune system by keeping it
healthy so it can find the damaged cells and
get rid of them before they have a chance to
cause a problem
Help your immune system by –
Eating plenty of fruit, vegetables and whole grains
Drinking sufficient water
Cutting down on sugar and salt
Exercising to move the lymph
Not smoking
Protecting your skin
Cancer cell being
attacked by the
immune system
www.alternative-cancer.net/Cell_photos.htm
What can be done to help people who
get Cancer?
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Go to the doctor
The doctor sends the person to hospital
The hospital doctor carries out tests
As a result of the tests the doctor will tell
them which is the best treatment –
surgery, chemotherapy or radiation
The Good News
• I in 3 people will get cancer but
• 2/3rds will never contract the disease and
of those who do 75% will beat it!
• New and better treatments are being
developed all the time
• There is much we can do to help to
prevent cancer and if we do get it to beat
it!
What can you do if you are
worried?
• Talk to parent, carer, teacher, relative,
Macmillan or phone York Against Cancer
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