Unit 3 M/E Prep
Meets Practice Links
Question 1
BRCA: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/genetics/brca-fact-sheet
Melanoma: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/skin-cancer/multimedia/melanoma/sls-20076095?s=1
http://www.skincancer.org/
Osteosarcoma: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/osteosarcoma/about/what-is-osteosarcoma.html
Question 2:
How Cancer Starts: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/what-is-cancer/how-cancer-starts/cancer-cells
p53 and Oncogenes: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/p53-gene-and-cancer
(Click on 'Start Click and Learn')
Metastasis: https://www.dnalc.org/view/15536-Cell-division-tumor-growth-and-metastasis-3D-animation-with-basic-narration.html
Question 3:
Virtual Lab: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/microarray/
Written Overview: https://www.genome.gov/10000533/dna-microarray-technology/
Question 4:
Chemotherapy: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/chemotherapy
Radiation: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/radiation-therapy/radiation-fact-sheet
Clinical Trials: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials
Exceeds Practice Links (Remember, only choose 5 questions)
Question 1
UVA, UVB, & UVC
More UV
UVA and UVB effects on skin
Question 2
3 types of skin cancer
Skin Cancer Foundation
Question 3
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/genetics/genes-and-cancer/oncogenes-tumor-suppressor-genes.html
Question 4
Smoking and cancer
Risk factor list for breast cancer
Red meat and cancer
Prostate cancer risk factors
Radon and cancer
Question 5
Stage overviews
Colon Cancer slideshow
Question 6
About nanotechnology
Nanotechnology timeline
Nanotechnology and cancer
Question 7
Thymine dimer formation
Thymine dimers (go to slide 3)
Scroll down for a picture of thymine dimers
Question 8
Routine screenings
More info on routine screenings
