KILLING CANCER:Before It Kills US

Karen Ziegler, B. S.

May 28, 2011

Cancer Affects Us All

IN THE UNITED STATES AROUND THE WORLD

Cancer Death is Second to Heart Disease

25% of Deaths are from Cancer

Rates are Higher in Developed Countries

Breast Cancer is Highest in Affluent Countries

Over 50% Preventable!

Globally Growing FAST

Lack of Studies & Classification on Bodies Buried Quickly: i.e. Africa

Mostly Linked to Preventable Causes: i.e. Tobacco, Poor Diet, Lack of Exercise & Infection Disease

Who Pays? We All Do!

ECONOMICALLY SOCIALLY

Medical Treatment Insurance Premiums Research & Cancer

Registries Uninsured Pharmaceuticals Transportation End of Life Care

Stress Pain Suffering Grief Guilt Worry Loved Ones Left

behind

Who Is At Risk?

5% of the World Population Will Inherit a Cancer

Over 50% Will Acquire a Cancer Over Their lifetime (CPIC.org)

18% of Cancers are Caused by Infectious Disease

25% of Deaths are from Cancer

Middle Age is Usually When Cancer Visualizes

10 Years Normally Pass Between Exposure and Detection of Cancer

Most Cancers are Linked to Controllable Factors!

What’s Happening WhereLung Cancer is the Highest Rate World Wide Followed by Stomach and Liver Cancer

Men in the U.S. are Most Diagnosed with Prostate, Lung and Colorectal Cancer

Women in the U.S. are Most Diagnosed with Breast, Lung and Colorectal Cancer

Women in the U.S. have had a Steady Decline of Cervical Cancer over the last 20 years

Tobacco Kills more than 50% of its Users, 5 Million World Wide, every year.

35% of the World’s Population is Infected with Hepatitis B

Breast Cancer Accounts for 75% of Total Deaths from Disease.

Geographic Factors

Cancer Affects All Races, Ethnicities, Genders and Ages.

HOWEVER

Developing Countries Have Poor Survival Rates from Cancers of the Lung, Stomach, Liver and Esophagus.

Liver Cancer is the Most Common Cancer for Men in African Countries.

Location and Socioeconomic Factors Can Determine Survival Rates

Breast Cancer is More Prevalent in Developed Countries

Stop The Madness! How?25 Years Have Passed Since it was Proven What Causes Most Cancers and What Is Needed to Reduce it’s Rate by over 50%!

The Answer Is: No Tobacco or Second Hand Smoke!

Good Nutrition! (Fruits and Vegetables)

No Obesity or Excessive Weight! (See BMI Index)

Regular Physical Activity! Move!

Avoid Chemicals and Carcinogens!

No Heavy Alcohol!

Early Detection is the Key to Avoid Death…. Get Proactive!

30 % of the World’s Cancer Survivors Use Complementary Alternative Medicines.

What Do You Say?Sometimes it is helpful to say, "I don't know what to say or do. I wish I knew how to help."

Cancer creates individual journeys. Patients have limited energy. Do not take it personally. Give them time to cocoon with their family.

Be cautious about imposing your own ideas.

Recognize that the patient's energy dissipates easily.

Beeper Buddies - These are friends on whom a patient can call if he/she needs assistance. Someone to be "on call."

Patients are often overwhelmed by decisions that need to be made. Sometimes "what can I do to help?" is just too much. Ask the patient closed-ended questions. “Would you like spaghetti or tuna casserole?"

A 2001 USDA study found 56 percent to 85 percent of children consume soft drinks on any given day.

In 2003, Kraft, maker of Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers, Kool-Aid, Jell-O and Oscar Mayer lunch meats, said it would no longer market its products in schools and would limit sales of certain products in school vending machines.

2006: Snack food makers replaced Doritos and doughnuts with healthier products in school vending machines. Also, Coca-Cola Co., Pepsi and Cadbury Schweppes PLC pledged to stop selling non-diet soft drinks in schools.

2007: El Cajon California passes a No Smoking Ordinance for outside.

2008: The National School Lunch Program has a report card put out by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) showing that schools are now serving fresh fruit, low-fat vegetable side dishes, and healthful vegetarian entrées on a daily basis. Many schools have also initiated nutrition education programs and other efforts to encourage good eating habits.

The AHA and the William J. Clinton Foundation are actively collecting data on the kinds of snacks and desserts being sold in schools and report progress every two years.

In spite of many efforts child obesity continues to rise along with cancer from smoking.

Getting Proactive

REFERENCES

www.cpic.org/Fact_Sheets.htm

www.http://findarticles.com/AIDS care and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: by Stuart Rennie, Frieda Behets The Hastings Center Report, May-June 2006

www.healthyschoollunches.org/reports/report2008_intro.cfm

Holtz, Carol, 2008. Global Health Care: Chapter 11. Overview of Cancer for Allied Healthcare Professionals: A Public Health Perspective. Linda G. Alley, Temeika L. Fairley, Cheryll Cardinez, and Paran Pordell. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers

The Washington Post. Snack Makers Strike Deal To Alter School Offerings. By Annys Shin, Washington Post Staff Writer, Saturday, October 7, 2006

www.10news.com/news/13886963/detail.html