Cancer Research and Awareness
By: Ankit Lulla
Synopsis
Cancer has become a big problem throughout the globe, let's conquer cancer together!
Long Term Impacts
Death
In 2016 alone, Cancer claimed 1,685,210 American lives.
(Citation: "Cancer Cell Development - Canadian Cancer Society." Www.cancer.ca. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017.)
Disease
People that have survived the heavy blows of cancer are more prone to malignant disease, such as heart disease, brain, nerve, and spinal cord problems, and they can also lose their hair permanently
(Citation: "Cancer Cell." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Apr. 2017. Web. 05 May 2017.)
Defects in progeny
People that survive cancer could give birth to children with defects in the body or mind, meaning if a person has cancer, their offspring is more likely to have some sort of congenital disease.
(Citation: "Cancer Cells." Cancer Research UK. N.p., 07 Apr. 2017. Web. 05 May 2017.)
Help stop cancer now!
What are we going to do about this? When will we find a cure to this king of maladies? Our generation has the power to reshape the world into anything it believes it can. Let's beat cancer.