Rough Draft 4

Prostate Cancer Fact Sheet

A. Create

a. Create a brief fact sheet that could be given to patient/family members of those with genetic disorders. Should be easily understood!  Put everything in your own words.

b. Include References on a separate page

B. Include

a. Classic Signs and Symptoms (20 pts)

b. Mode of inheritance/Genetic or Genomic Influence (20 pts)

c. Testing Options – diagnostic, genetic (20 pts)

d. Treatment/Management Options – medications, infusions, therapies, etc (20 pts)

e. Support groups or further education/resources available to family and patient (10 pts)

f. Format: WORD DOCUMENT ONLY  (10 pts)

i. 1-page ONLY

ii. creative, easily understood by patients –use non-medical terminology

iii. visually appealing with graphics 

iv. Do not copy and paste pictures, graphs, etc without citing appropriately