Discussion 3 – Cancer

Please choose 
one (1) article below and answer all the questions underneath completely and succinctly.  A few sentences for each question should be sufficient but include supportive detail. Make the title for your main response the name of the chosen article. 

Article 1: How does cancer spread?  

1. Briefly describe the gene Dr. Rak and his team found, and explain the role this gene plays in the spread of cancer. 

2. What are your thoughts on this research? How important and relevant do you believe it is? Is it likely to impact cancer treatment soon?  

Article 2:  Breast cancer’s spread routes mapped

1. What mechanism did the researchers use to look at the DNA in tissue from primary and secondary tumors? What did this technique reveal? 

2. How can the team’s findings help doctors treat breast cancer? Do you think it will help breast cancer patients soon?  

Article 3: Scientists discover that nicotine promotes spread of lung cancer to the brain 

1. Dr. Watabe studied the effects of nicotine in both patients and mouse models.  Briefly explain the results from both experiments and how the drug found to be effective at reversing the effects of nicotine-enhanced brain metastasis work. 

2. What are your thoughts on this research? How important and relevant do you believe it is? Is it likely to impact cancer treatments soon? 

Article 4:  Peaches inhibit breast cancer metastasis in mice

1. Describe the component of peaches that has medicinal effects, and how the team at AgriLife Research determined that peach extract was capable of inhibiting metastatic cancer. 

2. What are your thoughts on this research? How important and relevant do you believe it is? Is it likely to impact cancer treatments soon?  

Article 5:  Colon cancer uses a regenerative playbook to metastasize

1. Explain what L1CAM is, and how colon cancer cells may use the activation of L1CAM to survive.  

2. What are your thoughts on this research? How important and relevant do you believe it is? Is it likely to impact cancer treatments soon?  

Article 6: How does ovarian cancer form? A new study points to MicroRNA

1. Explain what MicroRNA is, and the mechanism by which MicroRNA may form ovarian cancer.  

2. What are your thoughts on this research? How important and relevant do you believe it is? Is it likely to impact cancer treatments soon?  

Use in-text citations and full references in 
APA format for all information sources used.