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Prevent Cancer

Cancer is a deadly disease that kills about 8 million people worldwide each year. Many cancers are easier to cure if caught early enough. If you have strange pains or lumps see a doctor. Some things you can do are:

Check yourself each month for Testicular/Breast Cancer since these cancers are very curable if found early
Don�t wait to see a doctor, make appointments ASAP, if you feel something is wrong
Get screened for skin cancer each year
Use sun screen. Make sure to apply to your nose, ears, and feet
Wear a hat in the sun
My mother died of brain cancer at the age of 80 and I believe it might have been from skin cancer that spread

Detecting cancer early can save your life:

Some cancers are deadly, pancreatic and some have very high cure rates, testicular, colon, and skin when caught early
Don�t smoke

When a friend of mine was 30 years old, he reached under his desk to turn off his computer and got a testicle squashed in his tight pants. His girlfriend at the time encouraged him to see a doctor. He was diagnosed with Testicular cancer. He got a surgery to have the testicle removed. He saw a specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering and they gave him two options:

Get surgery called Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection
Or be monitored by blood tests and scans

They gave him a 25% chance that he would need the surgery but a 75% chance that the surgery would not be needed. His doctor and other doctors encouraged the surgery. He spoke with someone who had the surgery and it helped him decide to not get surgery but just be under observation.

To this day he�s been free of cancer for over 25 years.