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PBS Special by Ken Burns based on the book by Siddhartha Mukherjee Cancer Emperor of All Maladies Discussion questions 1 How is a cancer cell different than a normal cell video 1 2 How ID: 691441

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Slide1

Cancer: Emperor of All MalAdies

PBS Special by Ken Burns based on the

book by Siddhartha Mukherjee Slide2

Cancer: Emperor of All MaladiesDiscussion questions

1. How

is a cancer cell different than a normal cell

? (video 1)

2. How

has cancer treatment evolved as scientists have learned more

about

cancer

? (video 3,4,5)

3. What

steps can an individual take to prevent cancer

? (video 2,3)

4. Why

has it been so difficult to find a cure for cancer

? (video 3, 4)

5. What

does Richard

Klausner

mean when he says cancer is like

evolution

in a bottle

? (video 6)Slide3

1. What is cancer? (4:39)

Read the following list of cancer statistics aloud before viewing the clips:

- 1

in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will experience cancer in their lifetimes.

- Cancer

afflicts 1.7 million Americans each year—and kills 600,000 of

them

.

- 40

% of cancer cases have no known cause at all.

- Cancer

mortality has been slowly declining -- down 20% over the last

two

decades.

- If

society were to implement what’s known about prevention, cancer

deaths

could be reduced by 50%.Slide4

2. Causes of cancer (:57)

What are the 6 known causes of cancer?

What percent of causes of cancer are unknown?

What are three things you can do to prevent cancer?

For which of these main “killers” do we know the causes:

a) breast cancer b) prostate cancer c) colon cancer d) pancreatic

cancer Slide5

3. Why is Cancer so Difficult to Cure? (1:02)

Cancer cells constantly “mutate”? What does that mean?

(see also Vocabulary)

How does mutation make finding a cure more difficult?

How is this like a “moving target”?

What happens to cancer cells after taking cancer drugs?Slide6

4. Cancer Treatment Today (3:41)

How much has cancer mortality declined in the past two decades?

Of the three keys to fighting against cancer:

a) prevention b) early detection c) targeted therapies

Which is most effective at saving lives?

- One discovery that has helped cancer treatment is that not all

__________________ are important. Also, some types of cancers

are actually connected in groupings called ______________.

Another important key is the fact that each time a cancer cell

mutates, it gains a new ________________. So the key to attacking

the cancer cells is using a ______________________ of drugs. Slide7

5. Cancer Treatment Today (1:49)

The biggest revolution in cancer research is in _________________

the disease.

Even though cancer cells are evolving, so are ________________.Slide8

6. Evolution in a Bottle (1:49)

Cancer is described as “evolution in a bottle” because it is constantly __________________.

Scientists hope to map out all the human cancer ____________

and ________________.