Breast Cancer Informative Speech

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Cancer is a word that many people hear of and may know friends and family who is affected by cancer. But what may not be known is what exactly cancer is. I was in that same boat. I didn’t have an idea what cancer was before I learnt about in biology class. From what I know now, cancer is caused when cells don’t possess or don’t respond to their cell cycle regulators. That causes the cell to divide uncontrollably and form a mass of cells called a tumor. Tumors can be dangerous. They are aggressive and can jeopardize nutrients and energy from getting to healthy cells that aren’t cancerous. As well, cancerous cells can break off the tumor and travel through the body, creating other tumors in the body. Now that you know information about cancer, …show more content…

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(Treat par 2). Treatments that can be done are lumpectomy, mastectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy followed by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and drug therapy. Lumpectomy is the process of surgically removing a tumor in the breast and as well, removing small section around the tumor that is normal and healthy cells. Mastectomy is the process of removing the breast with surgery and is done in different types. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is when a part of breast tissue is being tested to find the sentinel lymph node, which is where the breast cancer will most likely be spread to. It will be removed and tested for cancer, and there is no cancer in the sample, the tumor will be surgically removed. Chemotherapy is a treatment that can be done intravenously or through pill form and is an anti cancer drug therapy. Chemotherapy slows down the process of the DNA replication of cancer cells. Radiation therapy is when the body is exposed to high energy rays that work to prevent cancer cells from growing largely and from replicating itself. Even though the rays damage normal cells, the cell can repair themselves after radiation treatment is done. Drug therapy is can be done by itself or go along with breast surgery to treat breast cancer. There are a variety of drugs that can be used and the most common one used is

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