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CANCER CONTROL

CANCER CONTROL. What is Cancer?. Cancer is a diverse group of diseases. It is an abnormal growth of cells which tend to spread in an uncontrolled ways that can invade and damage the tissue around them. The eight type of cancers in the NHPA are: Lung Cancer Melanoma

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CANCER CONTROL

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  1. CANCER CONTROL

  2. What is Cancer? • Cancer is a diverse group of diseases. It is an abnormal growth of cells which tend to spread in an uncontrolled ways that can invade and damage the tissue around them. • The eight type of cancers in the NHPA are: • Lung Cancer • Melanoma • Non – Melanocytic skin Cancers • Colorectal Cancer • Prostate Cancer • Non- Hodgkin lymphoma • Cervical Cancer • Breast Cancer

  3. What makes Cancer an NHPA • Cancer is an NHPA because • Cancer was the largest contributor 19% to the total burden of disease in 2003. • In Monetary terms the direct cost of cancer was estimated at $2.8 billion in 2000-2001. • One in three men and one in our women will develop cancer before the ages of 75 • 88,000 new cases are diagnosed every year in Australia. • In 2006 106,000 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in Australia (60,600 males and 45,400 being females). All these Statistics show why cancer is a NHPA

  4. Prevention Strategies • Efforts used to control caner are Primary prevention, early detection and therapy, these tools and activities will vary with the type of cancer but mostly will include a combination of the three. • Primary prevention includes public health programs which advertise the effects of cancer, • Early detection improves survival and other outcomes, things like screening for breast and cervical cancers have contributed to substantial declines in death rates to do with these types of cancers • Treatments for cancer include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and counselling support services. • All these areas are improving cancer outcomes.

  5. Prevention Programs • The government runs prevention programs such as • Sun smart program which is a strategic program to target skin cancer • Breast cancer (the pink ribbon) • Mo-Vember (prostate cancer) • Smoking adds on t.v about cigarette damage • Cervical cancer- injections for all young women in schools. • Relay for Life. • Shave or a cure (leukaemia foundation)

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