Support Program
Transportation Service
- Distance is not a barrier
- Safe and reliable
- 52 communities
- 30,000
- Peer Support Services - 1-888-939-3333.
- www.cancerconnection.ca (www.parlonscancer.ca.)
- Cancer Information Service - 1-888-939-3333.
Community Events
- Bring communities together to Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back!
- Relay for Life
- Dragon Boat Festivals
Speaking Up For Manitobans, a voice for change
As a result today:
• Smoke-free soccer and baseball parks
• Cancer Treatment and Support drugs
• Job protection and leave benefits for parents of critically ill children
- Lung Cancer
- Smokers
- No Symptoms
- Test
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer related deaths.
- For over 75 years, the Canadian Cancer Society has led the fight against ALL forms of cancer.
Risk Factors:
- Smoking
- Radon
- Asbestos
- Occupational exposure to carcinogens
- Family history
- Arsenic
- Lung disease
- Research
- Community
- Support
Smoking in Manitoba
- $500 million over the last 10 years
- Local research
- Clinical trials
-Bigger scientific impact
- Survival rate
Survival Rate
55%
39%
28%
63%
49%
31%
Reduce Your Risk
- Live smoke-free
- Get help to quit
- Don’t use any tobacco products such as chewing tobacco, cigars, cigarillos and pipes
- Avoid second-hand smoke
Second-hand Smoke
- Two types:
- 4,000 chemicals
- A known carcinogen
Two Types of Skin Cancer:
1) Melanoma
2) Non-melanoma
Risk Factors
- Sun and UVR
- Fair complexion
- Personal history
- Certain genetic conditions
- Weakened immune system
- Certain medication
- Outdoor workers
- 30 minutes of moderate activity
- Healthy body weight
- Cutting down
- Less than 1 drink a day for women
- Less than 2 drinks a day for men
- Don’t smoke
- Canada’s Food Guide
- Veggies and fruit
- High-fiber
- healthy fats
- Limit red & processed meats
- Check the UV index
- Protective Clothing
- Wide-Brimmed Hat
- Sunscreen
- Lip Balm with SPF
- Shade
- Sunglasses
- Avoid Tanning Beds
- Check your Skin Regularly
Asymmetry
Border
Colour
Diameter
Evolution