Pink Wings of Hope, a program of DEAF, Inc., is pleased to release its first episode of The Cocoon series! In this episode, we address the most common questions regards to cancer.

[Visual Description: Introduction- Light green background. The Cocoon logo, a purple butterfly flying over written out cursive “The Cocoon” ending with a drawn out cocoon. Pink Wings of Hope and Link appears underneath. Cocoon Logo gets flipped into a short video of the host wearing black shirt, turning to look at the camera and Hosted by Stephanie appears.]

[Visual Description: Stephanie – a white female, dressed in a black button down shirt, in front of a textured purple background.]

[Stephanie] What is Cancer? Where does it come from?

[Image in corner: Red background, orange and yellow circles outlining a person and spreading behind]

[Stephanie] Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body. The body has trillions of cells, with new ones being developed each day.

[Image in corner: Healthy pink cell transforms into purple damaged cells and multiplies.]

[Stephanie] When cells develop abnormally, instead of getting rid of the cells, they grow and multiply. These abnormal cells may develop into what we call tumors. Tumors can be cancerous or non-cancerous.

[Image in corner: Grey textured background. Titled, “How Cancer Spreads” and a close up of a blood vessel and cells moving through it.]

[Stephanie] A tumor usually stays where it was first formed. However, if a cancerous cell breaks away from the tumor, it can travel anywhere in your body by getting into our blood vessels or lymph nodes and travel to other tissues like liver, lung, bone, or brain. There, cell can multiply and develop into another tumor.

[Image in corner: Overall view of an organ with 5 different cancer growths.]

[Stephanie] Most types of cancer have 5 stages:

[Image in corner: Close up of the organ and cancer stages 0 to II. Small cancer growths.]

[Stephanie] Stage 0 is when the cancer is still in the original location and has not spread to a nearby tissues. Stage 1 is usually a small cancer or tumor that has not grown deeply into nearby tissues.

[Image in corner: Close up of the organ and cancer stages II and III, larger cancer growths.]

[Stephanie] Stage 2 and 3 indicate larger cancers or tumors that have grown more deeply into tissues.

[Image in corner: Close up of the organ and cancer stage IIII, bigger cancer growth in comparison to previous stages.]

[Stephanie] Stage 4 means that the cancer has spread to other organs or parts of the body.
There are more than 100 types of cancers, and the top 10 Cancer in America are

[Graphic Description: Name of the cancers appears one by one next to Stephanie.]

[Stephanie] skin cancer, lung cancer (that’s what I have), prostate cancer (for men), breast cancer, colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Cancer can happen to anyone, from newborn baby to senior citizens.

The word cancer can be intimidating or overwhelming. If you would like to know more about cancers in general or a specific cancer, we encourage you to consult with a medical professional. PWOH is also available for education support.

[Visual Description: Ending- Light green background. The Cocoon logo, a purple butterfly flying over written out cursive “The Cocoon” ending with a drawn out cocoon. Pink Wings of Hope is a program of DEAF, Inc. and Link appears underneath.]