Cancer Informative Speech

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Cancer is one of those diseases that scare a patient to death even if he or she is far from it. In this regard, I need to remind you that cancer does not always mean death. There are different stages of cancer, and mostly the last-stage patients are beyond the recovery process. So, you should not shun away all hopes if one of your friends or family members get diagnosed with cancer.
But you should never negate the seriousness of cancer. It is perhaps the trickiest and most complex disease in the world of medicine. This is the reason a cancer patient should rely on the combined care of different types of cancer specialists. What are these types? Let us have a look:
Different Types of Cancer Specialists
There are 3 ways of treating cancer: with surgery, with radiation, …show more content…

This oncologist can also treat this disease by removing cancer-infected tissues like tumors.
#2.Radiation Oncologist: A radiation oncologist specializes in treating a cancer patient with radiation therapy. This process kills the cancer cells by sending high doses of radiation. Although this process affects the healthy cells around the cancer-infected ones, the cancer-infected cells die instantly and the healthy cells repair themselves back to normal.
#3.Medical Oncologist: A medical oncologist is the most common cancer specialist. This specialist is the one who is in charge of a patient's frequent long-term checkups. A medical oncologist acts like an internist where he or she uses modern tools like internal medicine EHR software to treat a patient in a more organized, fast and efficient way. A medical oncologist is also in charge of immunotherapy, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy.
Important Qualifications of a Cancer Specialist
Now that you know about the different types, you should also have full knowledge about the important qualifications needed in a cancer specialist. Let us have a

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