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Informative Speech: Skin Cancer

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A life changing event is defined as, “Is a specific circumstance that alters your life or a family member 's life.”, according to Jackie Lohrey, author of Sapling.com. For some, their life changing event is the happiest day of their life, but for me, it was one of the scariest. My grandmother was diagnosed with skin cancer a few years back, but no worried she is cancer free on this day. I believe this is important for you to know because skin cancer is one of the most unthought of cancers. Breast cancer, for example, has its own well-known awareness month and color, where skin cancer has neither. But the American Academy of Dermatology Association states, skin cancer is more common than breast cancer in the United States, and in some cases, it can even be deadlier. I feel …show more content…

Skin cancer is a very dangerous disease, but if you are careful and know your facts, it can be easily avoided. During this speech, I will tell you about Skin cancer, what it is, why it is so dangerous, and how to prevent it.
To start, what exactly is skin cancer? According to The Skin Cancer Foundation, “Skin cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells.” Skin cancer often develops because the skin was exposed to ultraviolet radiation in the sun or tanning beds, and it normally shows up in an irregular spot or mole on the skin. Some types of skin cancer do not grow or spread, so therefore do are not “staged”, but for the ones that do, stage 0 is when the skin cancer cells are strictly in the epidermis. Stage 1 is where the cells get deeper, but not to lymph nodes or organs, and same goes for Stage 2, but just deeper than Stage 1. Stage 3 is where the cells have reached the lymph node, but not organs. And then lastly, Stage 4 is where the cancer cells have spread beyond the skin and lymph nodes to organs. The risk factors to skin cancer, according to

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Melanoma is a cancer of the melanocytes, the cell found in the skin's epidermis that produces melanin. Melanoma most commonly occurs on the trunk or lower extremities. While malignant melanoma is less common than non-melanoma skin cancer , it is considered the most deadly form of skin cancer. This is because melanoma accounts for approximately 75% of deaths associated with skin cancer. In 2013, it is estimated that 76,690 people will be diagnosed with melanoma and 9,480 people will die of melanoma in the United States.

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“Warning: That Tan Could Be Hazardous” by Sabrina Tavernise appeared on New York Times, in the January 10, 2015. In her article, Tavernise insists that indoor tanning provides people with skin cancer which might bring them to having melanoma (the most serious type of skin cancer). Sabrina Tavernize says that many factors, including genetics, are at play with skin cancer, one of the largest is the ultraviolet light, which people get during tanning process, it exposures its non burning ray to getting melanoma. Teenage girls from different states, who were intervied said, that tan skin makes them feel “… more confident and more comfortable...,” when they walk around, but they don’t realize what the risk is. According to the information used in the article, tanning beds account approximately 400,000 cases of skin cancer in the United States each year, with 6,000 cases of melanoma.

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She thought that she wouldn't get skin cancer, and she wasn't even that concerned when she noticed a lesion on her skin. It turned out to be a benign form of skin cancer, and she was able to get it removed, but this still didn't stop her from tanning. Unfortunately,

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Feed is a simple four letter word in the English language; it is spoken almost every day. Though, when we do use this word it is either used as a noun or as a verb. So in a simpler context you can either give someone their feed or you can feed something. This is clearly shown in Anderson’s novel coincidently titled Feed. The civilians of this dystopian world are constantly being brainwashed with feed and are feeding into it.

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Squamous Cell Carcinomas: Squamous Cell Carcinoma is also found on the body that receives a lot of sun exposure. They, along with Basal Cell Carcinomas, are usually found on the facial region and the hands and may look like a sore that will not heal. Unlike Basal Cell Carcinoma, this type of skin cancer can spread to your lymph nodes. 3. Melanoma: This type of skin cancer shows up in the pigment of the skin.

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Unbeknownst to you, severe sunburns count for 95-99% of all melanomas (the most aggressive and intrusive type of skin cancer) diagnosed in Australia. Ever since Sid Seagull preached the words “Slip, Slop, Slap” to the people of Australia in 1981, the effects of the sun's piercing UV rays have been well known of. However thirty-six years later, we’re still getting roasted by the sun. There's no doubt about it, all Australians should be more sun safe because skin cancer diagnoses are through the roof, Australia's UV index is one of the highest on Earth and Australians naturally tend to spend their time outdoors.

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(2) If you are a young toddler and get a severe sunburn this may be a risk of skin cancer later in life. People in whom live in very warm places all year around such as Australia, Hawaii, and Florida have a larger chance of developing skin cancer, this is because their bodies are exposed to the sun daily. Also in some of the colder northern locations with the country having very light skinned people will also have a higher risk. Majority of the people that develop skin cancer are probably addicted to getting that perfect tan. Many people who use tanning beds and lamps don not think about the effects that it

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Introduced in the 1970s and continues to grow in popularity, tanning beds are the product of how an individual can harm his/her skin, yet also can lead indoor tanners to have a dependency like alcohol or drugs (Time Magazine, np). Tanning beds are known as a device that operates with UV radiation to produce a tan. While many people are aware of the consequences of tanning beds, they tend to overlook how 90% of skin cancer is caused by UV radiation (np) and change lives for a worse turn. Tanning beds should be uninvented as health should be the number one priority of every individual --which tanning beds fail to fulfill. Dermatologists and inspirational people always recommend sunscreen for the outdoors as UV rays are dangerous for the health.

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Using tanning beds before the age of 30 increases the risk of getting the deadliest skin cancer (Melanoma) by 59 percent (Hughe, D. 2012).Yet still, there is the question of, “ Should teens be allowed to use tanning beds?”. Tanning has proven to contribute to developing skin cancer, so tanning dramatically increases the chance of developing cancer. Also, the color skin turns from indoor tanning can be quite unnatural and it can be very obvious that the person had gone indoor tanning based on the color of their skin. To add, the conditions of the tanning beds are not as sanitary as people may think. The beds can have all the germs of the people who tanned there before because the beds are not being cleaned regularly.

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In conclusion tanning may be very popular and fashionable, but it poses numerous internal threats and external health threats. With the information about the threats, we need to put a stop to tanning and preserve our natural beauty. External threats such as malignant melanoma and other types of skin cancers, wrinkles, sunburn, and skin aging. These effects are very dangerous on the skin and can be avoided if the effects are known before the damage is already done. The internal health problems ruin the immune system, making it harder to fight skin cancer and other diseases.

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Relevance of topic to audience: Although the sun is necessary for life, too much sun exposure can lead to adverse health effects. More than 1 million people in the United States are diagnosed with skin cancer each year (EPA). So, everybody is subjected to these potential adverse effects of overexposure to the sun. C. Established Credibility: My family has a history of skin cancer D. Thesis: Many people do not use sun protection on a daily bases and are unaware of the health effects of sun exposure that can be easily preventive by using sun protection. E. Preview: Today I want to educate and motivate you to wear sun protection by explaining how sun exposure affects everyone, that there is no excuse for not protecting yourself with all the different kinds of sun protection products available, and finally, to remind you that the simple step of applying sunblock eliminates potential and preventable health effects.

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