CANCER

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CANCER

• SEÇKIN TOPRAKLI
• 050201052

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CONTENTS

• What is the Cancer?
• Causes of Cancer
• Common Cancers
• Herbs as Cancer Fighters

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WHAT IS THE CANCER?

• Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of
  cells display uncontrolled growth, invasion, and
  sometimes metastasis.
• Cancer may affect people at all ages, even
  fetuses, but the risk for most varieties
  increases with age.
• 1.3 million cases of cancer per year 550,000
  deaths
• Cancers can affect all animals.

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CAUSES OF CANCER

• Dietary factors
• ?Dietary fat and meat
• ?Alcohol
• ?Sugar and salt
• ?Fruits and vegetables
• ? Carotenoids
• ? Antioxidants
• ? Phytochemicals

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CAUSES OF CANCER

• Inactivity and obesity
• Smoking
• Carcinogens in the environment
• ?Ingested chemicals
• ?Environmental and
• industrial pollution
• ?Radiation
• ?Microorganisms

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Percentage of All Cancer Deaths Linked to Risk
Factors
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Common Cancers

• Lung Cancer
• Colon and Rectal Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Skin Cancers

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Other Cancers

• Pancreatic cancer very deadly form of cancer
• Bladder cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Brain cancer
• Leukemia cancer of white blood cells
• Lymphoma cancer that begins in the lymph nodes

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Herbs as Cancer Fighters

• Tea
• Purported to prevent certain
  cancers,compounds from tea slowed the division
  of cancer cells from the lung and colon.

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Herbs as Cancer Fighters

• Soya
• The compounds suchlike estrogen show
  inhibitor effect to prevent breast cancer.

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• Angelica archangelica
• There are compounds (polysaccharides,
  furanocoumarins, flavonoids) in the herb that
  prevent injected cancer cells from building
  tumors. These compounds inhibit the formation of
  new blood vessels in the tumor and thereby starve
  the tumor and prevent it from growing.

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• PC-Spes
• A combination of eight traditional Chinese
  herbs including saw palmetto, skullcap, licorice,
  and Panax pseudo-ginseng
• It dramatically increases estrogen levels and
  decreases testosterone. This hormonal shift has
  the potential to slow the growth of prostate
  cancer

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Herbs as Cancer Fighters

• Linseed
• Linseed contains omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3
  fatty acids decrease risk of heart diseases,
  tumor growing and metastasis.

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Seven Major Warning Signs of Cancer