pick a cancer and address the following

Something on the order of one third of us will have cancer at some point in our lives. Even if you escape, someone close to you will have cancer. The good news is that many of us will survive the encounter, though many will not. Diagnosis and treatment are advancing at a great rate, and many of these advances are coming from research in molecular biology and genetics. For this writing assignment, pick a cancer, any cancer, and address the following for that cancer:

1. Introduce the subject in terms your mother would understand (assuming she’s not a molecular geneticist or oncologist). Tell us about symptoms, age-of-onset, frequency, risk factors, etc. Are there predispositions for getting this cancer?

2. Please provide more molecular details after the introduction. Describe in detail what is known about the cancer including genes that have been identified with this cancer. Please make sure to include mutations. If a cancer has more than one gene associated with, pick only one gene. Please make sure you discuss mutations and how these mutations change the protein. In other words, what was the proteins normal function and how does the mutation change this. Use the “Hallmarks of Cancer” wheel that was discussed in the PowerPoint lecture to help classify the protein(s). Is this cancer genetic (inherited) or not?

3. Finally, conclude with ongoing research, potential treatments, and if any clinical trials are taking place.

Formatting of this writing assignment

1. How to pick a cancer? Cancers are divided into the following:

Types of cancer (Very Broad), you can access this by going to this link: https://www.webmd.com/cancer/cancer-a-to-z

Please note: WebMD has a nice list of cancers but you may not use it as an internet resource in writing your essay.

You do not have to pick from this list. If you have a friend or family member that has cancer and you know the sub-type, you may also choose that one.

2. The minimum number of words for this writing assignment is 500 words (not including references). It must be written in essay style and address the three sub-topics that are listed above. Failure to do write in an essay style will result in a 5 point deduction in the assignment.

3. 1 inch margins, double spaced, Use a font size of 12 point. Font choices can be Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana.

4. References must be cited appropriately and you must use either APA or MLA style. References must be primary articles. You CANNOT reference a wikipedia article or a non-scientific journal (i.e. Time, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, etc). For this assignment, you may also reference certain websites such as the ones I have provided below or the one I have provided that lists some cancers. However, if the website is not scientific, I will deduct points.

5. Please do not plagiarize as that will result in an automatic F on the assignment. You also may NOT directly quote text for scientific writing purposes. Please remember your plagiarism tutorial. You will lose 5 points for using direct quotations.

6. You must submit this online either in .DOC, .DOCX, or .PDF format. No other format will be allowed. You can use Google docs through your SJSU account but then need to download the file. If you are unsure how to do this, email me and I will do a tutorial.