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THANKS :) = Jenny Whitacre = Topic : Project Overview Personal Reason for choosing: The reason why I have chosen this project for our class to work on is because I have been greatly impacted by cancer in my life. I have lost my Grandfather to __pancreatic cancer__ and also have had close friends who have lost their mothers to breast cancer. My father-in-law is a cancer survivor and it is a miracle he is still alive...the only reason why he beat cancer ten years ago was because he had the best doctors & medicine to help him. I feel as though it is very important for us to become educated on cancer, how it spreads, and how it can be treated...maybe one day some of you will become doctors who are doing the very research you are studying today in high school! That is my hope....
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Payton Peters
Topic: Cervical Cancer Reason: I chose cervical cancer for many different reasons but the top most being is that my mom had it. My mom was diagnosed with cervical cancer when she was in her early 20's. She was not the only family member of mine that has gotten cervical cancer, in fact my moms whole side of her family of girls have had it too. I did cervical cancer mostly because I am a girl and it can happen to me just like it did to my mom and all of her sisters. My mom is not only scared its going to happen to me but she is worried. She made me get all the vaccines and get check ups. I am lucky my mom caught it at an early stage otherwise it could have really hurt her.

Ichose to write about lung cancer for my essay. This year, our family lost a very close member to our family, my Papa. I remember going to his house in August to spend the weekend with him in Muncie and how much he coughed and coughed and coughed, but he wasn't going to tell me and my cousin that he had a sickness. I had noticed that he had had that cough for almost a year and said it was just allergies. Only a week later, I will never forget the day he called and informed our family that he had a sickness called non-small cell lung cancer. I was upset that he had cancer but i wasn't aware of how bad the cancer really was. I just never wanted to believe that I would ever lose my best friend who had always been there for me. I remember talking to him on the __phone__ every night and hearing him struggle to talk more and more. His chemotherapy and radiation treatments did nothing but make him weaker, I had never been more mortified. I wasn't allowed to visit him at all because he didn't want me to see him while he was weak. They believe the cancer was caused by asbestos. When he was younger, he worked at a car factory which exposed him to many harmful things in the air. On October 10, my mother told me and my family that my papa had maybe a few more days to live, so we visited him at his home. He looked so different and weak, lying in his bed. I was able to hold his hand and kiss him and tell him how much i loved him, but I was never able to get a response. That night was the last night i saw him. As i kissed him goodbye and took one look back at him while I was leaving, he used his last bit of energy to blow me a kiss. The next day my dad and I went back to Muncie to visit him again, but when i arrived, i had missed him by 30 seconds,he passed away. This is the reason that i chose to write about lung cancer. Lung cancer is a very horrible process to go through, for your beloved one and your family members. I wish that everyone in the world would read what i have to say about lung cancer so no one else has to lose a family member due to the same conditions. I hope to make a difference in the world by never smoking and influencing others to do the same. I don't tell you this story to make you sad, but to tell you that such a story can make a huge difference on how people may look at things. I wrote about this cancer to show how some addicting and unsafe environment's can end your life in months. My Papa was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of August and died October 12. Life can end quick due to the choices you may make even though sometimes you can't control death. But everyone should always make sure they make the right choices for themselves and the future. This is the reason why i wrote about lung cancer.
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= Katrina Poling: =

Topic: Skin Cancer
Personal reason for choosing: I chose to research skin cancer because it is so common, and affects so many people. Each year there are one million new cases, and eventually most of the people i know will have had this disease. This disease will affect 60% of Americans at least once by the time they are 50. Even though this type of cancer is not usually deadly, but is still a tough process to get rid of.

Matthew Mitsch: Topic: Causes of Cancer Personal Reason for Choosing: I used to be really good friends with a kid named Kyle Bennett. He and I were great friends. In the summer of 2004, Kyle’s mom stayed out in the Florida sun too long and was soon diagnosed with skin cancer.

Three years ago Kyle’s mom’s cancer hit her with full force, and with what started out as regular Friday morning at St. Luke, turned into a day of tragedy. Kyle’s mom died that day. She requested that she not be taken to a hospital, but that she died on her couch with her family beside her. When we got this project I wanted to do something that made me aware of how I can avoid the tragedy that my good friend Kyle went through. That is why I chose this topic.



Peraonal reason for chosing:
==== Colon cancer runs in my family. It started with my mom's dad that I never got the chance to meet. He was diagnosed with colon cancer and died from it when my mom was only 27. I was not born yet so none of my moms kids ever got to meet their grandpa. My mom has recently been strugglng with colon problems. They are getting a lot better, but it still continues to scare our family. My brother is only 6 and I can not imagine him trying to grow up with only one parent. Colon cancer continues to haunt our family, but my hope is that it started the day my granfather was diagnosed and stopped the day he died. Colon cancer is very important to me and thay is why I chose to write about it. ====

By:Will thrasher
Personal reason for choosing:

My personal reason for choosing this type of cancer was because of what I saw on tv a couple months ago about a little girl and the message she inspired to a college football athelete. In the interview about her case, she said she was told that she would not have long to live, shortley after she met wide reciever Justin Blackmon. They became friends and she would inspire him to play and live by the words "love cures ALL" (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) after seeing this on TV I was instantly touched.

= **Miah McLaurin** = Topic: Lung Cancer

Personal Reason for Choosing: I choose Lung cancer because my uncle had it. He is currently in remission right now but was diagnoised sometime earlier this year around the start of school. He got it because he is a smoker along with his girlfriend and my Granddaddy D who just passed away earlier this spring. My Granddaddy D died due to a stroke of unknown causes but I believe his smoking had something to do with it. My dad is also a smoker, not often, but a cigar or Black&Mild every so often. I hope that by me researching this topic it will convince my dad to stop smoking all together especially with out family's history, which is on his side of the family. We are not sure if Lung Cancer is heriditary in my family or just enviormental but either way I hope no one else is affected. One of my fears is that I will die of Lung Cancer due to the second hand smoke around me. You cannot walk the streets of downtown Indy without crossing a smoker's path. I hope that my studies will further educated the people around me so we can lower the rate of those affected by Lung Cancer.



Katy Baumgartner
Topic: Breast Cancer My Reason for Choosing: One of my best friends mother has been diagnosed with cancer and given 3-6 years to live. She has breast cancer that has moved to her bones. An experimental drug is helping her feel better each day but it is difficult for the family. I help with events that raise money for cancer and hope that one day there is an end to cancer.



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I chose breast cancer because it is one of the most occuring cancers in the United States. Breast cancer has effected a few of my aunts. Luckily they overcame breast cancer and fought for their life. My favorite gym teacher was diagnosed with breast cancer and i asked my self why everyday. I researched this topic to find out why. How can someone soo healthy and soo active get breast cancer? I now know and i will always do the breast cancer walks and the Race for a Cure campaign. I feel that is the only way to find a cure for this cancer that kills many healthy and active people. =====

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Personal Reasoning for choosing: My personal reasoning for choosing breast cancer as one of my main topics was because my moms best friend died from breast cancer years ago. This was a very emotional task to deal with in our family. Then again I was just a kid so I didnt understand much of what was going on but I knew my mom was hurt. Also my Grandmother died of Breast cancer when I was a little kid. I never got to meet her really but I miss her. Now my mom is doing what she can to stay healthy be active so she does not get breast cancer. I will always remember how cancer has affected my life. =====

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 * Michael McDaniel **


 * Topic:** Environmental vs. Genetic causes of Cancer


 * Personal Reason for choosing:** Cancer has been a large part of my life. My grandfather has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and it is hard, but he is getting through it. My grandmother was diagnosed with colon cancer and is now fully recovered, and my mother with lymphatic cancer and she is fully recovered. There has also been some great people that have been in my life that have died from cancer. Cancer has deeply affected my life.



Jacob Mages


 * Topic:** Small Cell Lung Cancer


 * Personal reason for choosing:** My personal reason for choosing this topic is because my grandfather had been diagnosed with many different cancers late in his life. Eventually they diagnosed him with small cell lung cancer, the most aggressive form of lung cancer. When he was originally diagnosed, he didn't look that bad, but over the course of a few weeks, his appearance changed to a pale and gaunt look. Eventually he died, but he managed to push through for a couple of months. I just wanted to make sure that people knew that there is more than just lung cancer, there are different types.



Personal Reason for Choosing :
==The reason why i chose Lung Cancer was because my grandparents died with this disease. My grandparents lived 9 hours away and i only got to see them on speacial hilodays or occasions. When and passed they were only 70 and 71 years old. My grandpa was the first to go and 1 month later my grandma did. It was a rough year for all of us. My other grandma i didnt even get to meet. a few moths after i was born my dads mom died with Lung Cancer also. I didnt know much about anything that was going on when i was at a young age. This is why i chose this topic so i could learn more about what my grandparents had to go through.== Greg Faber The reason I have chosen the treatments of cancer is because I have been Interested in the medical field for quite some time. From a very young age the human body has amazed me, and that amazement has grown ever since. Genetics has interested me the most, how one only damaged cell can cause something as deadly as cancer. The human body is a perfectly ballanced peice of art, but it takes only one mutated codon to make it topple down like a house of cards. I sadly say that we do not have a cure for cancer,and we might never find one because of everyons genes are different and there are too many genetic factors. But the advancements mankind has made through the last twenty years has come up with better and better treatments of cancer. I hope that within the next twenty years we will come up with even better and less harsh treatments foe cancer. Thankyou

Thomas Berg Topic: Skin Cancer Personal Reason for choosing:

I choose to do skin cancer because I know that many people around me are effected daily and they I know that one day it can and might be one of us so I wanted to show everyone that skin cancer can be very bad but can be treatable and people still live with it to day and funtion in their every day lives. With the help of our doctors to day I think that everybody with it will make it out ok. People in my family have had some form of skin related growths but never have had skin cancer. My family is very careful about sun screen and everybody uses it in my family a lot. Many of my relatives have to monitor going out into the sun for very long periods of time because they can get sunburned really bad.



Maradythe Stuart Topic: Hodgkin's Disease Personal Reason For Choosing: I chose to do this cancer because I knew nothing about it and my bestfriend had it. I wanted to know where it came from and how it could be stopped. Since she is now in remission, I also wanted to research on what would be necessary so that it wouldn't come back any time soon or ever.



Madeline Searight Topic: Melanoma Cancer The reason why I chose this topic is because skin cancer runs in my family. This particular type of skin cancer has impacted me the most because my Uncle Bill lost his battle to it a little over three years ago and my other uncle had to get cancerous melanoma spots on his skin removed. I was only in 5th grade when my Uncle Bill was going through this cancer and I never realized how bad it was. Now that i am older I wanted to get to know about this type of cancer so i would better understand to prevent it from happening to anyone else in my family.