Sevtap Savas, PhDhere is my latest short video message about cancer
awareness about some cancers increasing in incidence in individuals younger than 50 and importance of preventing delayed diagnoses
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Sometimes we hear that patients are told that if they do not have certain cancers on mom's side of the family, their risk of having a hereditary cancer affecting female organs (such as breast) and developing that cancer may not be as high as someone who has
Generally speaking, this may not be true
#ThisIsOurConversation #PublicEngagement #Cancer #HereditaryCancers #GeneticRisks
#FamilyHistory
Have a listen to today's #ThisIsOurConversation session:
Topic: Family history of cancer and your risk
We will talk more about this and what to do if the cancer runs in the family in future sessions
#ElephantInTheRoom #PublicKnowledge #NLcancer #PublicEngagement #Cancer #HereditaryCancers #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #CancerRunningInTheFamily
This Is Our Conversation #7
Public Poll Time!! :)
Do you need to be a person diagnosed with cancer in NL to access the services by the #ProvincialCancerCareProgram?
https://cancercare.easternhealth.ca
#ThisIsOurConversation #PublicEngagement #NLcancer #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #Cancer #HealthCareServices
Yes
No
No clue - you tell me
Poll ended at .
Your healthcare system is here to help support you - and yes I wish we had better and more accessible healthcare (but this is a conversation for another time)
#ThisIsOurConversationLet's take advantage of what is already available to us (for example, https://cancercare.easternhealth.ca/) by the healthcare system and push for more!
You know the answer already :
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
And advocate for yourself (or for family members) until you get clarity (sometimes we need to push a little bit to get our symptoms considered serious and we get adequate healthcare)
Confused?
Have questions?
That is fine.
Cancer is a complex disease!
There are unknowns and for each individual and depending on their family and personal history, life and work conditions, our risk may change
So what do we do??
Please talk to your doctor when you experience anything unusual
Also talk to you doctor to learn about your risk of developing cancer and what you can do to reduce it
Also take advantage of the population screening services - they can save lives
see our wonderful Provincial Cancer Care program here: https://cancercare.easternhealth.ca
Public Poll time π€
Generally speaking, which one of these increases the chances of developing cancer?
#ThisIsOurConversation #NLcancer #PublicEngagement #cancer #Canada #NewfoundlandAndLabrador
increased age
access to good healthcare
spices
no clue - tell me
Poll ended at .
Today's #ThisIsOurConversation topic is:
Why do we have a slightly higher risk of developing and dying from cancer, compared to other provinces?
(Listening it again: I think somewhere I forgot to say "lack of". Lack of healthy food and healthy environments are linked to adverse life events)
#ElephantInTheRoom
#PublicKnowledge
#NLcancer
#PublicEngagement
#Cancer
#NewfoundlandAndLabrador
