After spending 6 hours on chapter 14 Molecular Oncology I have decided
that the majority of this chapter is at too high a level to meet our
needs. What I wanted to see written in this chapter was the type of
cancer, brief description of the cancer, markers that are used to determine
diagnosis and prognosis and tests designed to detect those markers.
Pages 333 through 342 were kind of following this pattern and then the
author lost direction. I really tried to come up with some way to help
you synthesize this information in a logical format but I finally gave
up.
So, here is your assignment:
Find ONE article about a cancer you have interest in which is
written at an introductory level, ie,
your classmates and I will understand it and post it in BlackBoard.
If the URL is really long copy/paste it into http://tinyurl.com/
and it will make a short one for you. Select an article that is
relatively short and can be read or skimmed through quickly. The
article MUST be from a respectable source, ie,
journal, professional website, etc. If several of you have the same
cancer, do not worry, just make sure you pick a different article
to post and that your multiple choice questions are totally different.
The article must include:
a. A general description of the cancer.
b. Marker(s) used for detection.
c. Test methodologies used to detect the marker(s).
d. Clinical significance of the markers in diagnosis and prognosis.
Write two multiple choice questions addressing 2b, 2c and/or 2d
and includ those in your post, ie, the same post that will have
the url of your article.. I will select one question from each student
for the next exam. Be sure that you include the name of your cancer
in the question. For example, “In the diagnosis of breast
cancer the…”. Do NOT provide the correct answers.
When you post to BlackBoard your subject line
will be the name of your cancer.
There are 13 of you so that will be 26 questions. Be sure that
you are able to answer each question. If you don't understand the
question write the author for clarification. I have made this posting
editable, meaning if you wish to change wording you may do so. If
you do edit your post be sure to include the revision date so I
will know there has been a change. For example, "revised 11-17-07
to clarify question 2"
