Informative Speech On Cancer

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Have you ever heard stories about people and how they have died from cancer or even had a family member die from this cause? If you have, it's way more common than you think.
Cancer is a very well-known disease that has been around for a while, yet we have not found much cures for it yet. Cancer is something that many people get in this world. It is found that on average 564,800 people get diagnosed from cancer each year! Just the fact that it's happening shows how it is going to be around and it's not going away anytime soon. Cancer is a serious cause that is affecting our population still to this day.
If you don’t know what cancer is, it is when a person has an abnormal division cell in their body. Cancer is a disease that can be caused by many different reasons.
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It can start by tumors, melanoma, multiple myeloma, lymphoma, leukemia, sarcoma, and carcinoma. Many of the ways I listed start in the body. Many people can get cancer, but a way you can try to prevent it is by starting with a healthy body.
Cancer is something that is hard to prevent, mainly because it can be caused by a various amount of conditions. One reason for not being able to prevent it is the fact that there are so many types of cancer; over 100 types! Since there are many types of cancer, there are different types of ways to get that certain cancer. An example would be lung cancer from too much smoking. Or another example is skin cancer from being overly exposed to the sun. As you can tell just from that information, cancer is not something you can easily prevent. Cancer can also be caused by genetics. If you have ever had a person in your family with cancer, there is a chance that it will soon be passed down to you. One of the last ways you can get cancer is by getting it from a recent disease. Diseases like Aids and Hepatitis can lead to cancer. Cancer is not something that can be prevented, as it is also based on chance, but are some things that you can do to try to avoid