Informative Speech On Breast Cancer

Jaszmine
12:15-1:40
Breast Cancer Statistics

Does anyone know some of the breast cancer statistics? Or maybe some of the risk factors? Well breast cancer is one of the leading deaths in women. Today I will inform you about some of those statics and risk and hopefully by the end of my speech you’ll know some of the people who are more likely to get breast cancer. The most significant factors for breast cancer are gender and age, two things that are beyond our control. Although men get breast cancer too, women’s breast cells are constantly changing and growing, due to the activity of the female hormones; estrogen and progesterone. This activity puts them at risk for breast cancer. Simply growing older is the second biggest factor for breast cancer. From age 30 to 39, the risk is 1 in 233, that jumps to 1 in 27 by the time you’re in your 60s. Approximately 2/3 of invasive breast cancers are diagnosed in women age 55 or older
women. Within the United States, breast cancer rates among women vary by race and ethnicity. White women are slightly more likely to develop breast cancer than are African American women. Breast cancer is actually the second leading cause of death in African American women. The survival rates remain lower in African American women then in Caucasian women, because the tumors in African American females tend to be much more aggressive. Asian, Hispanic, and Native American women have a lower risk of developing and dying from breast cancer then African American and white women. There are many possible reasons for this like; the presence of risk factors, health behaviors, and genetic and biologic difference in