1. Meet Marcus.
He’s the one in the
middle.
He is dead from
esophageal/stomach
cancer

2. RISKS
•A diet low in fresh fruits
and vegetables
•High consumptions of lunch
meats and salt-cured,
smoked meat
•Imbalance in stomach acid
•History of pernicious
anemia (lack of B12)
•Chronic gastritis or gastric
polyps
•Family history of this type
of cancer
By Aneliza 78
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9839335@N04/3630694630/

3. WARNING SIGNS OR
SYMPTOMS
•Indigestion lasting for 2
weeks or longer.
•Blood in your stool
•Vomiting
•Rapid weight loss
Preventive test
•Regular guaiac testing for
occult blood (blood in stool)
PET Scan for Esophageal Cancer_RemakeHealth
Uploaded by RemakeHealth on August 19, 2009
http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0095009/photos/40827567@N
05/3835934167/

4. IF MARCUS HAD
LOWERED HIS
INTAKE OF SALT
CURED, SMOKED,
AND NITRATE-
CURED FOODS,
AND INCREASED WE
HIS DIET WITH WOULD
MORE FRUITS AND NOT
VEGETABLES, BE
VISITING
HIM
HERE
http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0092009/photos/25585045@N08/2449077140/
Uploaded by Tabea C. on April 28, 2008

5. Had Marcus
lived he would
be creating art
with my son at
Atlanta Art
Institute. This
was both their
dream.