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Cancer

Written in: Grade 6 | Year: 2009

We have a situation in our hands! An issue that needs to get solved. A common illness that searches for a cure. This disease as it affects people and animals of all ages. Just this past year, over 13 percent of all deaths were the result of this disease. Good afternoon/morning teachers, judges, and students. This dreadful disease is called cancer. This illness occurs when healthy, regular cells transforms into, cancer cells. Cancer cells forms when single cell get infected, then multiplies. These cells are very hard to get rid of because they lack the ability to self destruct, but some treatments are available.

Surgery is one option; surgery is when the doctor is cutting into the body and removing the cancer, along with some body tissue to make sure that anything with this disease has been removed. Other treatments are hormone and radiation therapy .Hormone therapy is when a drug is injected or taken orally by the patient. This therapy will stop the production of cancer and will start to produce healthy regular cells. Radiation therapy is when a special machine is used that contains high energy rays; this machine is focused to where the main source of cancer is. This treatment will destroy the abnormal cells. These treatments help limit the spread of cancer cells but there are always going to be side effects like constipation, nausea, delirium, sleeping disorders and vomiting. Not all patients have the same experiences; it depends on how serious the cancer is and the physical condition of the patient. Some people go through a lot of treatments and still will not survive and others will successfully recover.

There are many causes of cancer such as poor diet, eats not many vegetables, smoking, alcohol and genetic. When it’s genetic it means that other people in your family have cancer. It doesn’t technically mean that when a person in your family has this illness that you’re going to get it. This is why your family history comes in handy because it can help you plan, prepare and prevent this disease if possible. Preventing it may sound difficult but to reduce the chance of cancer all you have to do is stay healthy through diet, exercise and early detection. When it comes to cancer the best thing to know is its early signs. It increased your chance of surviving.

Detecting cancers early signs is important. Examples of early signs are weight loss, seeing a lot of blood, pain burning inside, skin changing, chest and throat problems and indigestion. Also experiencing lack of appetite, fevers or difficulty breathing are the most common signs to look for.

Cancer is a very common disease. Over 153 000 types of cancer has been discovered like breast, prostate, bone, ovarian, brain cancer and many more. Patients diagnose with cancer have a hard time, going through those surgeries and medications.

Being diagnosed with cancer is the worst scenario you could possibly imagine but the survivors have learned a valuable lesson of life. They continued to live and some do volunteer their time to help current cancer patients, striving to battle this disease.

Life after cancer for non-survivors is an emotional time for their families’. These families lost one of their loved ones. While survivors of cancer have a long path ahead of them, they will start a new life with a better lifestyle and will remember how lucky they are. It’s a start of a new life, for every one.

As you know preventing cancer is a very important part of living well. Eating healthy foods, having the right diet, avoid smoking, staying away from harmful chemicals, and eating high fibre foods are things everyone can do to help. Remember “an ounce of prevention is quart of a cure”.