Cancer

• Tumor

  Mass of cells uncontrollably dividing
• Malignant Tumor

  Mass of cells that are cancerous and can spread to other tissue and organs through the bloodstream
• Benign Tumor

  Mass of cells that are not cancerous and won't spread to the rest of the body
• Three treatments for cancer

  Surgery Chemotherpay Radiotherapy
• Reasons why cancer survival rates have improved over the years

  • Improved treatment
  • Earlier diagnosis
  • More cancer screenings
  • Improved patient knowledge of risk factors
• Cancer

  Non-communicable disease caused by uncontrollable cell division
• Risk Factors of Cancer

  • Smoking
  • UV Light Exposure
  • Obesity
  • Viral Infection
  • Genetics
• Metastasis

  The process by which cells detach from a tumor, travel via the bloodstream and from a secondary tumor in another part of the body