Cancer Special
Hello all and welcome to a special edition of Refreshing Rehab concentrating on Cancer. It’s a disease that affects most,if not all of the population in some way, shape or form. In this edition I will discuss what and where Cancer effects and its main causes, how it can be prevented and what treatment are currently available for it. I will also inform you of my annual Cancer Charity Fundraising event which recently took place. Its the reason for the delayed production of the newsletter.
Fundraising 2013
Following the great success of our 2012 event,in which we raised £5199.31,work on increasing our final total for 2013 started strait away and we decided to stick to our auction night and funday/tournament format. We raised money for Children with Cancer UK, Cancer Research UK and Primrose Unit. The auction night held on Friday 28th June saw over 100 people attend in a fantastic evening raising over £2300! A great start, with many thanks to Robert Mirto to bidding £400 for a holiday to Turkey. The football tournament and Fun Day followed on Sunday 14th July. The tournament, played in intense heat, saw 30 teams enter raising £1500 and with all those people also came family and friends to enjoy the fun day and sunshine. In total after all the days event, we managed to raise over £6500. We are also still waiting on confirmation from some sponsors so the total could go over £7000!!! If you would like to donate who can visit www.justgiving.com/Carmine-Cientanni1
Cancer
Cancer is the mutation of normal cells into particular cells that proliferate Into distinguishable growths and travel around the body trying to colonise on new tissues. Initially, a lot of cancers are hard to detect, but depending on the area of the body, certain signs may show. These could be unusual bleeding, painless lumps or bumps, painful tumors, change of skin sensation and feel, more incidents of infection, persistent coughing and unusual bowel movements. Treating cancer depends on a few factors. The type and stage of the cancer and the age and general health of the individual are the main factors. Treatments could include surgery, chemotherapy, hydrotherapy, radiation therapy, hormones and biological therapy. Generally a combination of the above is prescribed to an individual. Recent research has shown that of 6 major European countries, the UK has the lowest predicted death rate for cancer. The most common cancers causing death are lung cancer in women and pancreatic cancer¹. Though recent research has also shown that breast cancer patients in under 50s is growing, but this could be due more people getting screened. Of these individuals, the success rate of preventing the cancer spreading and causing further complications is high as screening is done earlier². Other ways to prevent risks of cancer are to eat healthily, not to drink too much alcohol, don’t smoke and regularly exercise.Quick Facts
1. “Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour” 2. “The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica”References
1. www.nhs.uk/news/2013/02February/Pages/Womens-lung-cancer-rise.aspx 2. Breast cancer in women under 50 tops 10,000 cases for first time, Cancer Research UK. www.cancerresearch.org