Thyroid Cancer Specific Purpose: The purpose for my informative speech is to inform my audience about Thyroid Cancer. Thesis: How often do you know people with Thyroid Cancer? Not much? Thyroid Cancer is a nodule in the thyroid region of the neck. Many adults have small nodules in their thyroids‚ but typically fewer than 5% of these nodules are found to be malignant. Organization Format: My Speech will be organized in Chronological order. Introduction: I. Attention getter: I believe
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fifty-thousand patients develop cancer of the colon or rectum. Around fifty percent of these patients will either have a cancer that has already spread to the liver or they will come back in future years with metastatic cancer to the liver.” Liver cancer‚ or other known as Hepatocellular Carcinoma‚ is a cancer residing in the liver. There are other cancers like metastatic cancer that starts at other organs then spreads to the liver. Being the third most common cancer in the world‚ it is also one of
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Skin Cancer Gone are the days when people sent children outside to play to get a little color in their cheeks. They know too much about the dangers of unprotected sun exposure and the threat of skin cancer. Or do they? Despite the fact that 58% of parents remembered hearing about the importance of protecting their children from the sun‚ children are still playing in the sun without sunscreen or protective clothing (3.‚ p 1). Sunburn is the most preventable risk factor of skin cancer. Skin type
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United States. Their report showed that cancer is ranked at number two once again. As cancer rates remain high‚ it becomes increasingly important to understand what kinds of carcinogens‚ or cancer-causing agents‚ are around us‚ and how much they impact us. The known carcinogens that are well documented in terms of cancer death rates include smoking‚ alcohol consumption‚ and poor nutrition or insufficient physical exercise. However‚ not all known causes of cancer such as ionizing radiation are covered
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Childhood Cancer Effects on the Family While the child suffering from the cancer diagnosis is certainly the one most affected‚ the parents of children suffering from cancer are a very close second. For every child that suffers from cancer there is a mom‚ a dad‚ siblings‚ grandparents‚ and other relatives who are also affected in so many ways by the diagnosis. When a child is treated for cancer‚ many family dynamics must change to make the equation work. Often parents must take a leave of absence
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shows and school health lectures‚ at least 20 million Americans a year get infected with this virus. According to the Center for Disease Control‚ out of the 20 million Americans suffering from HPV each year‚ at least 33‚300 cancer cases first root from HPV ("HPV-Associated Cancers Statistics‚” par.1). These alarming statistics prompted Merck to release the first vaccine that could protect against the transmission of HPV in June 2006‚ called Gardasil. The release and availability of this vaccine
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like genital wards‚ but it also leads to cancer. You may think the chance of your child getting this is very slim‚ but in Australia every year 21‚300 females are diagnosed with cancer caused by HPV. HPV is most common in woman aged 20-24. The Australian government if offering all school girls aged 12-13 the opportunity to receive a series of vaccinations. This Vaccination is called Gardasil and will help prevent the girls from getting HPV and cervical cancer. The girls are preferably vaccinated younger
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breakthroughs that benefit the public on regular bases. Now what were once unknown diseases that could not be treated such as cancer are now able to be treated. In consequence of technology evolving and becoming more high tech‚ machines that allow chemo therapy and radiation are available. I am very grateful for this breakthrough in science because my grandfather had cancer and because of radiation the cancerous cells were killed and now he is able to live a long and healthy life in the sun. Another
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Living with Pancreatic Cancer HS200‚ Section #2 Unit 2 Capstone Project: Case Study #4: Pancreatic Cancer Kaplan University April 7‚ 2014 Andre is a 69-year-old man who was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He owns a chain of Italian restaurants and is well known in the community. He is married and has a large family including children‚ grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Every holiday all of his family is treated to a home cooked meal that Andre prepares
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Breast Cancer: Risk Factors‚ Detection & Treatment Among all American women who die when they are between the ages of forty and forty-five‚ the cause of death most likely to be listed on their death certificates is BREAST CANCER. Breast tumors are responsible for the greatest number of deaths among women‚ and breast cancer alone is the cause of almost one fifth of all cancer related mortalities. It results in the death of thirty seven thousand American women every year. Currently‚ there is
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