Breast Cancer Informative Speech

Robin Roberts became well known around the world for being a reporter and anchor for Good Morning America. As a younger lady, Robin developed breast cancer. She ended up winning her fight against cancer and she's alive and well today (A+ E). Breast cancer occurs when cells have mutations or uncontrollable growth of unusual breast tissue cells (Hardman 15). There are different kinds of breast cancer that women can get. Lobular carcinoma forms in the lobular and ductal carcinoma starts in the duct (20). In fact, men and women can get breast cancer, but its most common for women to get it (7). This cancer can be passed down from a family member through DNA (7). Women who consume alcohol, smoke, have bad eating habits, and that don’t get enough

The best way to get rid of this type of cancer is to go through chemotherapy, hormone therapy, radiation therapy, or surgery (50). In fact, radiation therapy is a great way to get rid of breast cancer because the X-ray kills cancer cells, but there are also many symptoms that can occur (Silverstein 72). After radiation therapy, scarring, mild burns, vomiting, and weight loss can occur (Hardman 50). Chemotherapy can cause fatigue, diarrhea, and blood disorders (51). Hormone therapy can cause disturbed sleep, depression, and hot flashes (52). After treatment happens, a nurse of doctor will monitor women to make sure they don't have any severe symptoms (Hardman

That night when she got home, she did a self exam on herself and found a lump on her breast. Immediately, Robin decided to call her doctor in the morning and she ended up going to see her doctor early that next day. The doctor thought that it would be a good idea to do an ultrasound on her. When there were finish the ultrasound, it came back positive for stage two breast cancer (ABC). Evidently, Robin was sent home with medications from her doctor that day and she was told to come back in a month. In a month, her doctor had planned to do chemotherapy on her to get rid of the cancer before it started to spread (A + E). When the day came, she went back to the doctor and received her chemotherapy. She stayed in the hospital for about three weeks before going home. She began to lose most of her hair, but this didn't bother her because she knew that she won a battle against cancer. Through this moment in her life, Robin was well supported by her family and friends that cared deeply about her (ABC). A year after chemotherapy, Roberts was feeling better and she began to move on with her life. When she went in for a monthly checkup, her doctor told her she developed a rare blood disease, called Myelodysplastic syndrome. This disease was caused by getting chemotherapy. Since she developed this disease, she had to get a bone marrow transplant. Robin's sister was her donor (ABC).