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Some Cancer is Almost Completely Preventable - Which Ones? By Lindy Taylor, MD If your doctor sees a polyp during the procedure, he or she can cut it out Quiz and guess what - no cancer! Although Which three of the following cancers a colonoscopy is obviously slightly un are preventable? pleasant, it’s a lot better than colon cancer. If you think that it’s bad for someone to [ ] Breast [ ] Lymphoma [ | Kidney go “up there” once, imagine what it would I ] Prostate | ] Brain [ J Lung be like for someone to have to investigate [ | Colon [ ] Cervical [ ] Skin monthly. With a clean bill of health on a colonoscopy, you most likely will not have Did you know that of all the kinds of to return for 10 years. cancer out there, three of them are almost The doctors performing the procedure completely preventable? know how uncomfortable this procedure Colon, cervical and lung cancer now is and usually will give you enough medi are considered preventable illnesses. The cation to make sure you don't remember rest of the cancers out there are screened all the gory details from the procedure. for in hopes of catching the cancer in the Twenty-five percent of American In early stages to increase your odds of suc dians diagnosed with cancer already have cessful treatment and survival. metastatic colon cancer at the time of their Colon cancer is created when a diagnosis. This is because most people person grows a polyp in their colon. It don't want to have this procedure done and takes years for the polyp to grow into instead of screening for polyps, the colonos cancer. It’s recommended that everyone copy is used to find out why a person may get a colonoscopy at the magic age of have certain irregular bowel patterns. 50 - earlier if you have relatives who had More than likely, these people were colon cancer. never screened for colon cancer either with an easy fecal blood test you can get from your doctor or with a colonoscopy, depending on your age and family history. Cervical cancer is created when cervi cal dysplasia (abnormal cells) is left un treated for years in a female body. It’s now thought that cervical dysplasia is caused by a common HPV virus transmitted with physical intimacy. All women 18 years old or sexually active need to have annual pap smears. Yes, this one also is a bit unpleasant, but one time per year is a lot better than monthly visits if a doctor finds a cancer. There is now a vaccine that women under age 28 can get that will give them im munity to the HPV virus that causes dyspla sia and cancer. The CDC recommends it be given to all girls and young women between age 10 and 28. Garda.sil can help prevent up to 80 percent of the cervical cancers that are associated with the HPV virus. Pap smears still need to be done an nually because they indicate if there are abnormal cells on the cervix. The goal is to cut off the abnormal cells before they have a chance to grow inside the body and spread to other parts. Lung cancer is 87 percent preventable. This is because 87 percent of lung cancers are caused by cigarette smoking. Only 1/100 ofcancer funding goes to lung cancer research and many therapies we use to treat lung cancer are the same as they were 20 years ago. The odds of living through lung cancer for five years are only 20 percent. We also know that cigarette smoke can affect lung function and exercise capacity long before a diagnosis of lung cancer. It also is associated with heart disease and other forms of cancer. Our clinic has several options for helping you quit smoking before it’s too late. We have several medication options that can be used effectively in conjunction with free counseling you can get from such places as the Oregon Tobacco Quit line. Call 800-QU1T-NOW to get started in your plan to become tobacco-free. December USDA Distribution Dates; Don’t Forget Cooking Demonstrations Siletz Tuesday, Dec. 1 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Salem Monday, Dec. 14 1:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. USDA staff would like to thank Vai Hibdon and Darlene Smith for doing cooking demonstrations for us. We had some wonderful chicken and dumplings, cornbread, pandesol and pumpkin cake. For their efforts, they each received a $25 gift card to Fred Meyer. Siletz Tribal member Derek Simmons has been temping in the USDA depart ment and has done a wonderful job with demonstrations at both warehouses. In the Salem warehouse, he cooked up some very tasty pork chop suey and in Siletz he made hamburger chop suey. Come on in and make your favorite recipe and use our foods. You can get ei ther a $25 gift card or maybe we will hook you up with some of our new grocery bags and a water bottle. Have a wonderful holiday season! If you or someone you know would like to sign up for commodity foods, you can find the application packet on the Tribal website - www.ctsi.nsn.us. Look under social services. You can print the entire packet and mail it to us at CTSI - USDA, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549; or you can fax it to USDA, 541-444-8306. Happy meals! Joyce Retherford, FDP Director 541-444-8393 800-922-1399, ext. 1393 2010 Standing Committee Applications Due Deadline for consideration for committees is Jan. 29, 2010 Any Tribal member interested in serving on a committee for a two-year term must fill out the following form and return it to the address below nrior to Jan. 29, 2010. Please mail or fax your application to Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Attn: Executive Secretary to Tribal Council, P.O. Box 549, Siletz OR 97380-0549- fax: 541-444-8325. Name: Address: Roll No: State:ZIP: __________ Evening ( ) Telephone: Day ( ) Choose the first, second and third choice of committees you are requesting by numbering your preference 1, 2, 3 in the space provided. If you only want to be considered for one committee, please indicate this by insertinq the number 1. Education Committee (3) Natural Resources Committee (3) Health Committee (3) Cultural Heritage Committee (3) Housing Committee (3) Pow-Wow Committee (no limit) Budget Committee (1) Tribal Council will review applications and approve appointments at the Regular Tribal Council meeting in February 2010. If you have any questions, please call Tribal Council's executive secretary, Tami Miner at 800-922-1399 ext. 1203, or 541 -444-8203. 8 Siletz News • December 2009 Incentives bers: Please re elk and salmon to the Natural Resources Department. The name on the tag will be submitted into a drawing after the Oct 16,2009, Through Dec. 16 Salmon fishing tags may only used to fish for salmon at the Siletz season's end and could receive one of the following WalMart gift card incentives. Tribe s three fishing sites: Hunting Incentives $100 ~ $75 $50 - WalMart Gift Cards Using only the following gear: Fishing Incentive Dip Net, Spear, Gaff Hook $50 WalMart Gift Card z ' F« B 3 Please report all harvests Mike Kennedy at 541-444-8232; 800-922-1399, ext. 1232 mikek@ctsi.nsn.us or Kelley Ellis at 541-444-8227:800-922-1399, ext 1227 kelieye@ctsi.nsn.us Salmon tags are issued by the Natural Resources Department on Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. i * i i i i i i I ■ Questions, please contact: Mike Kennedy 541-444-8232; 800-922-1399. ext 1232 mikek@ctsi.nsn.us
