Speech on Cancer?

Question

I've decided to do my infromative speech on Cancer. Now I'm having a hard time of focusing on what topics I should talk about. I get 6-8 minutes to speak and I need to have anywhere between 2-5 main points. I can't have an argument at all or try to be persuasive. Any help is appreciated, Thanks.

Answer 1

I would just tell it as it is! I am doing a speech on Arthritis and will start with 'Arthritis is a health condition of unknown cause, therefore no cure. With over one hundred different specific types, let alone many overlapping syndromes, one in six people will be affected at some point in their life!'

Answer 2

What about a speech on local resources for cancer pts & their families? The thing about a 6-8 min speech is that cancer is so broad a topic that it can't be covered. Then there are so many related topics, like the warning signs, that it would be hard to spend 6 min on. If there is a well known oncology hospital in your area, a profile would be interesting. Is there an industry in your area that is associated with an increase in a certain kind of cancer? Do you have an interest in a certain type of cancer? Have you or someone you know had a certain type of cancer that you could incorporate into the speech? Try to focus your speech on one area & give a lot of indepth information that would be interesting to your audience rather than giving a general speech with a lot of information your audience has already heard.

Answer 3

Talk to your local cancer association (you can find them in the phone book, through your public health system or through the hospital) and get information from them. They have tons of booklets and brochures that can provide information for your speech.

Answer 4

Main points of cancer topic:
Big topics that should be presented in short digestable introductions of information. Just hit the highlights. Like doing a teaching lecture.... just hit the main points, give out the websites as a handout for the people listening to the speech. Don't be too wordy, just hit each topic and say a little something about it. One minute for each topic is great.
Don't forget to pace yourself and put in pauses so that people can absorb the information.
I do patient teaching on these topics quite a bit. You have to go slow when speaking about such big topics.

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Cancer Statistics

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/STT/stt_0_2006.asp?sitearea=STT&level=1

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Diagnosis of Cancer

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MBC/content/MBC_4_1X_The_Emotional_Impact_of_A_Cancer_Diagnosis.asp?sitearea=MBC


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Impact on family/friends:

http://www.hci.utah.edu/patientInformation/overview~/copingWithDiagnosis~~/patientGuide/impactOnFamily.jsp

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Genetics and Cancer

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/overview/healthprofessional

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Medical professionals of Oncology (cancer doctors/nurses/researchers)

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/collection/oncology

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Prevention and Research

http://www.aacr.org/

Answer 5

Ok if u can't be persusavive the only logical thing to do is be factual. May i suggest listing how many people get cancer each year how it harms people, and what they are doing to cure it...... hope this helps.

Answer 6

I am currently going through breast cancer. When they say it is a journey they are not kidding. I am one voice and I am talking. The only thing that is for us women is Senator Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards with her actions, voice and results; otherwise we are at the tidbit ends for care.

Answer 7

Here are some good articles on Cancer you may choose to use:

http://mpoweryourself.com/cancer/index.html