Cancer Quest Speech

Since breast cancer is more common in older women, it is encouraged to have a routine check-up starting at age 40, however if it runs in your family it can be promoted at as young of an age as 25.

III. Scientists may not know right now why cancer affects certain people but they do know that it has nothing to do with age or gender.

the line. I have been sick for the past six months. My feet and hands have been immersed in moisture for

b. Our cells are programed to know when to grow, divide, and when to die, with that said just like any other machine, if these “parts” within our DNA do not work then that is when our machine goes off track and starts breaking down.

What is Cancer? Cancer is many diseases which involve abnormal cell growth. Cancer cells are able to replicate and spread because they completely lose control and are not able to be restrained. These cells will then form to become tumors. There are two types of tumors called malignant and benign. The malignant tumor is the cancerous tumor. The benign tumors are much less destructive to the body. To tell the difference is quite simple, a malignant tumor has the ability to spread through metastasis causing the cancer to attack multiple areas, whereas the benign tumors cannot spread and are in most cases nonthreatening. Although there are numerous types of cancer, such as breast cancer, lung cancer, and kidney cancer, I chose to write about brain

According to American Cancer Society, in our bodies most people are born with two bean shaped organs, found attached to the back wall of the abdomen, these are called kidneys. As you grow in life your kidneys have multiple jobs, but the biggest job is that they act as a filter in your body. They will take in the blood and filter any substance not needed, such as excess water, salt, and other waste. Once the process of filtering anything bad begins, your kidneys will kick out what we know as urine. American Cancer Society says the kidneys will also “help keep your blood pressure controlled”, by making a hormone called, renin. Need more red blood cells? Don’t worry, your kidneys will make another hormone, known as erythropoietin, sending a message

Cancer is not to be taken lightly. This disease does happen to a number of people all over the world every day. A thorough understanding of cancer is vital. This education will provide patients and their loved ones with crucial information about available treatments and how best to cope with the effects of having cancer. This article contains much advice on helping cancer patients cope with the deadly disease.

For years people have been looking for a cure for the devastating disease of cancer. Cancer is the third highest killer in the US with over 2,500,000 victims per year. Oncologists and scientists around the country are researching all forms of cancer in an effort to understand, treat, and ultimately defeat this disease. Already there have been numerous advances in the field, such as chemotherapy and gene therapy. One advance has been the use of a cell process known as apoptosis. By harnessing this normal cell process, scientists hope to have found an effective way to combat cancer.

Attention Getter: What do Sheryl Crow, Judy Blume, Suzanne Somers, Wanda Sykes and my Mother have in common? They are all breast cancer survivors.

In my eighteen years, I have many stories I could elaborate on to give you some insight into my background, and a glimpse into who I am as a student and a person. However, I want to tell you you a story I have no memory of, a story that separates me from my peers, and draws the same level of interest from you as your university has for me. See, I was born in Sacramento, CA, but unlike others that can claim the same,  I was diagnosed with a rare liver disease several weeks after my birth by the name of biliary atresia. Approximately one in twenty thousand infants come face to face with this disease upon their birth, and to make a more complex comparison, of the 318 million people who reside in these United States, only a few of the mere 15,900 could share my same story. So, what exactly is this rare disease that separates me from my peers? Well, to put it simply, it is a disease that affects the liver in such a way that bile, a digestive liquid that also carries toxins out of the body, becomes trapped, and can not leave the liver. This blockage within the bile ducts creates cirrhosis which eventually

It all started in …… when the chemo stopped working and when surgeries were a normal thing for Grandma Botbyl. Being a thirteen year old and getting told that your grandma has cancer again for the second time was a rough start my seventh grade year. Being diagnosed and then misdiagnosed with cancer was something I couldn’t trust anymore, and I couldn’t trust the doctors at this point. Moving from doctor to doctor, trying to find an answer to all of these problems that are being caused was hard. Cancer is moving from place to place, left and right, until …. came around. Growing up with both of my grandmas struggling and dealing with cancer, I got an idea of how the long journey would go. After the latest surgery to remove all the cancer from Grandma Botbyl, I got to witness the loving family in the crowded hospital room all together feeling God’s presence able to call Grandma Botbyl ‘cancer free.’

Specific Purpose: After listening to my speech the audience will know what skin cancer is, what the three most common forms are, what the risk factors are, and some preventative measures that can be taken to lessen the risk.

You feel a lump in your breast, you see it's red, and it hurts so you go to the doctor. The doctor is lagging and shaking his head while he's looking at the x-rays. He finally comes to tell you that you have Breast Cancer. Your heart drops when you hear his words, you're scared and don’t know what to do. I decided that I wanted to research Breast Cancer because I know many people that have suffered from it. Many people each year suffer from Breast Cancer and I wanted to learn why. SO many people have died from Breast Cancer. I wanted to see if maybe when I get older would be in the same situation. While I was researching Breast Cancer and the main questions I was asking myself was, “What is Breast Cancer and What causes Breast Cancer.” This lead me to my driving question, What can our society do to solve Breast Cancer. In conclusion, for all my research, I have realized that you cannot stop Breast Cancer from occurring, for now. There are surgeries you can have to get rid of it. Breast Cancer will most likely occur in me because it happens in most women, but I don’t need to worry about that now because i’m 11.

One of the many of the world's problems is sickness, but some diseases have no cure which can result in death. Cancer is a code we just can’t seem to crack and it has taken hundreds of thousands of lives. Everyone knows of someone who has died of or had cancer in their life. It’s a hard sickness to beat but many strong people do beat it, some being children. I have personally seen my family members go through this and of course, some didn’t make it out alive. If you have seen anyone who has cancer, you’ll see how it can take over your body, how that person doesn’t even look like themselves anymore.

It’s October of your fifth grade year, at the end of the day. You’ve gotten back into the swing of things, your teacher is awesome, and you’re at the top of the elementary school food chain. You’re about to walk outside. The weather is beautiful; the trees are still mostly green with a few ambitious leaves already changing color. The sky is blue and the sun is shining in the way it only does during fall. You’re going to remember how it felt to walk across the parking lot on that day for a long time. You’re happy, like you normally are when you leave school, and you get in the car. That’s when Mom tells you your little brother has cancer.