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    Test Your Knowledge of Cancer and Risk Factors by Answering The Following Questions..

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    Test Your Knowledge of Cancer and Risk Factors by Answering The Following Questions..

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    The document provides information about cancer risks and screening recommendations. It contains 10 multiple choice questions about various cancers like colorectal, prostate, and lung cancer. The questions cover topics like risk factors, screening tests, symptoms, and prevention recommendations regarding diet, exercise, and sun exposure.

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    Test Your Knowledge of Cancer and Risk Factors by Answering The Following Questions..

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    The document provides information about cancer risks and screening recommendations. It contains 10 multiple choice questions about various cancers like colorectal, prostate, and lung cancer. The questions cover topics like risk factors, screening tests, symptoms, and prevention recommendations regarding diet, exercise, and sun exposure.

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    Test your knowledge of cancer and risk factors

    by answering the following questions...

    1. Antioxidants, which are found in foods such as green tea and blueberries,
    help reduce free radicals in your body and decrease your risk for cancer.
    TRUE FALSE

    2. You should start getting screened for colorectal cancer at age _____ ,
    unless you have a family history or personal risk factors.

    3. A _________ is the only preventative screening method for colorectal


    cancer that includes a treatment option.
    A. Colonoscopy C. Barium Enema
    B. FOBT D. Sigmoidoscopy

    4. About 3/4 of all colorectal cancer cases occur in men.


    TRUE FALSE

    5. There are _____ different tests used to screen men for prostate cancer.

    6. About 1 in ____ men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their


    lifetime.
    A. 10 C. 8
    B. 3 D. 6

    7. Some sunlight is good for you. It is recommended to get about 15 minutes of


    natural sunlight per day. This provides your cells with vitamin ___, which
    decreases your cancer risk and increases your overall health.

    8. It is recommended that the average adult exercises _____ minutes per day,
    5 days a week. Exercise decreases your risk for some cancers.

    9. A sunscreen with SPF ____ or higher should be used when you are exposed
    to UV rays for more than 15 minutes, and you should reapply every 2 hours.

    10. ________ cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the US


    (and Calvert County).
    1. Explain free radicals and antioxidants

    2. Colon cancer awareness month!


    family and personal risk factors
    Symptoms
    Exercise
    red meat vs. fiber
    other cancers (endometrium, ovarian, breast)

    3. What is a colonoscopy compared to others


    Polyps
    how often you get screened
    inconvenience of prep vs. cancer treatment

    4. It’s more 1/2 and 1/2. About 58% men, 42% women
    ….any questions about colorectal cancer?

    5. PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) and DRE (Digital Rectal Exam)


    PSA measured in units per volume tested (4 or higher trigger for other tests)
    screening age, how often?
    symptoms (trouble passing urine, pain in the back, hips or pelvis, blood in urine, pain or
    burning when passing urine),
    Prostate screenings at hospital.

    6. This does include late diagnoses.


    In general, the later men are diagnosed the slower it spreads
    “watchful waiting”
    ….any questions?

    7. Vitamin D helps natural melanin in body


    After 15 minutes, remember sunscreen!

    8. Exercise also decreases risk of other health problems!

    9. Lather on generously. Using too little is actually harmful because it doesn’t spread to
    deeper layers of the skin, and can cause cancer at deeper layers which is harder to treat.

    10. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths and is the highest detected cancer
    Smoking increases your risk for other cancers as well
    smoking cessation classes at health department and calvert memorial hospital

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