Informative Speech On Cancer

Did you know that 1/2 of all men and 1/3 of all women born after 1960 will develop cancer in their lifetimes? This seems like a lot, but most cases will occur in people 65 or older. Countless celebrities such as David Bowie, Ben Stiller, Hugh Jackman, Sharon Osbourne, and Olivia Newton-John have all fought cancer. And there's a good chance that we all know someone who has cancer right now. There are over 200 types of cancer that can occur in humans, the most common places that cancer can occur include the breast, skin, lung, and colon. The disease cancer got its name from Greek physician Hippocrates, who used the terms carcinos and carcinoma to describe non-ulcer and ulcer-forming tumors. In Greek, this means crab because of the finger-like
The immune system will destroy the cancer cells, it's only when the cells grow to numbers of a million or billion that cancer can be detected and a tumor will be formed. This seems shocking, but usually, the human immune system can detect cancerous cells and destroy them causing no major problems. But sometimes, cells will undergo excessive growth and form a tumor. A tumor is basically a mass of cells. A tumor isn't always cancerous, a tumor that isn't cancerous is called a benign tumor, the cells won't invade nearby tissues and spread to other parts of the body. Benign tumors will be monitored carefully to see if it will turn into cancer. The opposite of a benign tumor is called a malignant tumor, also known as cancer which has the ability to invade tissue and spread to other parts of the body. Doctors test to see whether a tumor is benign or malignant by taking a biopsy, a sample of the tumor that is seen under the microscope for signs of cancer cells. Cancer kills by disrupting the homeostasis of the body. For example, if you have liver cancer, then the tumor can cause jaundice, a buildup of bilirubin, an enzyme that dissolves