Cancer facts and facts about cancers.
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US farms 1 trillion ears of corn a year, using a chemical called Atrazine that in the concentration of 1 part per billion causes male frogs to grow ovaries! Strangely, a higher dosage reduces the risk. Atrazine is the most widely used weed killer in the United States. It has also been linked to cancer in people.
Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.
Every year, 100 men are diagnosed with breast cancer
If a woman reaches her 50th birthday without cancer or heart disease, she can expect to see 92.
Classifications of cancer are:
a) carcinoma, involves skin
b) sarcoma, involves bone, muscle, cartilage, and fat
c) leukemia, involves white blood cells
d) lymphoma, involves lymphatic system
The Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, run by the Morris Animal Foundation, has followed more than 3,000 Golden Retrievers over their whole lives to understand why the breed has such high cancer rates. Cancer is the leading cause of death in Goldens.
Cancer that starts in the heart is very rare, partly because heart muscle cells rarely divide.
The daffodil is a symbol for several cancer charities.