Argumentative Essay: A Cure For Cancer

There is a silent killer among us, it takes people by surprise and causes slow and painful deaths. The name of this killer is cancer which has plagued our planet for centuries and is not showing signs of leaving soon. Cancer kills about 1600 people a day and 8 million people a year. The people who die from this disease where parents, grandparents, siblings, relatives, and beloved friends. Many of these people didn’t not deserve die to this terrible disease. With death comes grief and with the amount of death from cancer there seems to be a never ending cycle of grief. Cancer hits everyone in a way and it is time for us to bring this killer to justice by finding a cure for cancer. There are treatments for some cancers, but they do not guarantee

For centuries we have allowed cancer to take what it wants and now it is time we take back control. Through this long journey there has been many failures for a cure, but as scientists continue searching for a cure they are able to learn from these failures which gets them closer each day to finally defeating cancer. With the amount of scientific research to hopefully finding a cure for cancer it is hard to believe that we have not developed an absolute cure. That is why it is important to teach the next generation of cancer researchers at a young age so we are able to stop this disease before it causes an enormous amount of irreversible damage around the

Louis Richie. Throughout her career Dr. Richie saw many patients with cancer and, just as I, firmly believes that scientific research towards the cure for cancer is immensely important. Dr. Richie informed me that cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide and for most cancers there are no cures. There are some techniques doctors use to stop the cancer to continue to grow, according to Dr. Richie, such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy, surgery, and hormone blocking also known as hormonal therapy. These treatments are very expensive and Dr. Richie is convinced that finding a definite cure for cancer will be difficult, but eventually find one. Currently many other countries are trying to also cure cancer and, just as us, are far from a definite cure, but there is one thing that we all share and that is the advanced technology. Finding a cure for cancer uses an immense amount of technology and scientific research towards cancer includes finding new technology that will aid in this journey towards the end of cancer. Until scientists have found a definite cure though Dr. Richie has given me some helpful tips to prevent this disease from invading our bodies. Doing thigs such as watching our weight, watch what we eat, stop doing dangerous activities such as smoking and drinking alcohol, and protecting ourselves when we go