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In The Know: Cancer
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4 Simple Things You Can Do To Help Reduce Your Risk of Cancer:
Don’t use tobacco! Smoking is the biggest cancer risk by far – the main cause of lung cancer and almost a third of all cancer deaths.
Eat a proper diet with lots of different fruits and vegetables. Cut down on fat. Choose low-fat milk, low-fat cheese, and low- or non-fat yogurt. Try lean meats, skinned chicken or turkey, or fish. Eat more whole grain cereals and breads.
Exercise on a regular basis – at least three times per week.
Limit your sun exposure. Too much sun causes skin cancer and ages the skin faster. Protect yourself with sunscreen (at least SPF 15) when you go outdoors.
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This an important time to focus on a disease that newly affects over one million Americans each year. In fact, 1/2 of American men and 1/3 of American women will deal directly with cancer at some point in their lifetime. Cancer can strike anyone at any age, which is why early detection and prevention is so important.
A Team Approach to Your Care
At Fallon Clinic, we make a practice of not just treating the disease, but the patient as a whole. Providing cancer care involves many departments and caregivers stretching across our organization. From confirming diagnoses in hematology to treatment in oncology or surgery, we are truly dedicated to providing comprehensive care for patients who have been diagnosed with cancer.
Patients at Fallon Clinic benefit from the expertise of a multidisciplinary team of physicians and caregivers that include surgeons, radiologists, pharmacists, pathologists and other specialists who gather together to present and discuss cases each week. After their meeting, patients are seen by their physician and offered the most effective treatment option that is agreed upon. By working together, they can offer our patients the best treatment options and outcomes possible.
Our patients also benefit from a wide range of services offered by our nutrition, physical therapy and social services departments that make dealing with cancer easier. Fallon Clinic physicians are also involved in cancer research, seeking out the newest drugs and treatments that will benefit patients in the future.
Of course, the best way to fight cancer is through taking active steps toward prevention and early detection. All of us at Fallon Clinic encourage you to talk to your primary care physician to make sure you are receiving appropriate cancer screenings on a regular basis. To learn more about what you can do to ensure early detection and prevention of cancer as well as cancer treatments, talk with your doctor or contact one of the organizations noted below.
Key Cancer Resources:
American Cancer Society: www.cancer.org or (800) ACS-2345
Cancer Information Service: www.ncis.gov or (800) 4-CANCER
National Cancer Institute: www.cancer.gov or (800) 422-6237
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