Breast Cancer Informative Speech Outline
Speech Outline Format
Part 1a
TOPIC: Early Screening for Breast Cancer
STATE YOUR PURPOSE:
I want to inform more people how important early screening for breast cancer. Early screening can save lives.
INTRODUCTION: Attention-getter: When breast cancer is detected early, the 5-year relative survival rate is 98 percent, but declines to 84 percent for regional disease and 23 percent when cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Audience motivation: Most doctors feel that early detection tests for breast cancer save thousands of lives each year, and that many more lives could be saved if even more women and their health care providers took advantage of these tests. Credibility: I am a big believer that early detection, and early screening saves lives. It saved my aunt. …show more content…
Main Point (or claim) #1 Giuliana Ranci- If she hadn’t gone to the doctors to see why she wasn’t getting pregnant ,she might not be here right now.
a. Subpoint or supporting material
a.i. In September 2011, Giuliana was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. Giuliana was conflicted with what decisions to make. During the month of October Giuliana underwent a surgery called a lumpectomy. A lumpectomy is a procedure that removes the cancer from your breast. Once the surgery was over Giuliana was thrilled she thought the worse was over. Later the results came in and the surgery had not worked. Giuliana was faced with two options to have a mastectomy, a procedure to remove the breasts. Giuliana had the surgery in December of 2011.
a.ii. Supporting because Giuliana was able to detect her cancer early, she had a 98% survival rate at the young age of 36.
b. Subpoint or supporting material
[Transition sentence; This next story is very close to my heart. My Aunt was also diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. II. Main Point (or claim) #2 My Aunt went to the doctors for her regular screening. It was a few weeks later when my family had heard the terrible
Part 1a
TOPIC: Early Screening for Breast Cancer
STATE YOUR PURPOSE:
I want to inform more people how important early screening for breast cancer. Early screening can save lives.
INTRODUCTION: Attention-getter: When breast cancer is detected early, the 5-year relative survival rate is 98 percent, but declines to 84 percent for regional disease and 23 percent when cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Audience motivation: Most doctors feel that early detection tests for breast cancer save thousands of lives each year, and that many more lives could be saved if even more women and their health care providers took advantage of these tests. Credibility: I am a big believer that early detection, and early screening saves lives. It saved my aunt. …show more content…
Main Point (or claim) #1 Giuliana Ranci- If she hadn’t gone to the doctors to see why she wasn’t getting pregnant ,she might not be here right now.
a. Subpoint or supporting material
a.i. In September 2011, Giuliana was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. Giuliana was conflicted with what decisions to make. During the month of October Giuliana underwent a surgery called a lumpectomy. A lumpectomy is a procedure that removes the cancer from your breast. Once the surgery was over Giuliana was thrilled she thought the worse was over. Later the results came in and the surgery had not worked. Giuliana was faced with two options to have a mastectomy, a procedure to remove the breasts. Giuliana had the surgery in December of 2011.
a.ii. Supporting because Giuliana was able to detect her cancer early, she had a 98% survival rate at the young age of 36.
b. Subpoint or supporting material
[Transition sentence; This next story is very close to my heart. My Aunt was also diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. II. Main Point (or claim) #2 My Aunt went to the doctors for her regular screening. It was a few weeks later when my family had heard the terrible