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Cancer Research Project
Biology
The scope of this assignment is to allow the student an understanding of cancer- its
mechanisms, treatments and prevention.
Objectives:
1. The students will research cancer using the outline below. In performing this research,
the students will be able to answer key questions for each of the five topics given in the
outline.
2. The students will provide the information acquired through research by providing a
typed, informal paper involving 1-2 paragraphs of discussion per topic (accomplished by
answering the key questions) and no more than three pages in length.
Content (60)
Avoid colloquialisms (slang) (20)
Spelling (20)
I: Cancer General Information (Paragraph one)
a. what is cancer?
b. where can cancer be seen in the body?
c. what are the symptoms?
II: The leading causes of cancer General Information (paragraph two)
a. what are the primary environmental factors leading to the development of cancer?
b. is cancer hereditary?
c. is there a correlation between the environmental and hereditary factors the leads to
cancer?
III: Treatments General Information (paragraph three)
a. what treatments exist?
b. are the treatments effective?
IV: Prevention General Information (paragraph four)
a. what preventative measures can be taken to prevent cancer?
V: Specific types of cancer (paragraph five)
a. what are some specific types of cancer?
b. which one are you focusing on?
c. how does this type of cancer affect the body?
d. how readily can it be treated?
e. what is the mortality of this type of cancer?
VI: Resources (paragraph six or list)
a. where was the research found?
Alphabetical List of All Cancer Types
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-AAdrenocortical Carcinoma
Anal Cancer
-BBladder Cancer
Brain Tumor, Adult
Brain Tumor, Brain Stem Glioma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Cerebellar Astrocytoma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Cerebral Astrocytoma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Ependymoma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Medulloblastoma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal and Pineal Tumors,
Childhood
Brain Tumor, Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Childhood (Other)
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer, Male
Breast Cancer and Pregnancy
-CCarcinoid Tumor, Gastrointestinal
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
Cervical Cancer
Colon Cancer
-EEndometrial Cancer
Esophageal Cancer
Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
Ewings Family of Tumors (PNET)
Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Childhood
Eye Cancer, Intraocular Melanoma
-GGallbladder Cancer
Gastric Cancer (Stomach)
Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal
Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
-HHead and Neck Cancer
Hypopharyngeal Cancer
-IIslet Cell Carcinoma
-KKidney Cancer (renal cell cancer)
-L-
Laryngeal Cancer
Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic, Adult
Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic, Childhood
Leukemia, Acute Myeloid, Adult
Leukemia, Acute Myeloid, Childhood
Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic
Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous
Leukemia, Hairy Cell
Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
Liver Cancer, Adult (Primary)
Liver Cancer, Childhood (Primary)
Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell
Lung Cancer, Small Cell
Lymphoma, AIDS-Related
Lymphoma, Central Nervous System (Primary)
Lymphoma, Cutaneous T-Cell
Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, Adult
Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, Childhood
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's Disease, Adult
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's Disease, Childhood
-MMalignant Mesothelioma
Melanoma
Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Metasatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary
Multiple Myeloma and Other Plasma Cell Neoplasms
Mycosis Fungoides
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Myeloproliferative Disorders
-NNasopharyngeal Cancer
Neuroblastoma
-OOral Cancer
Oropharyngeal Cancer
Osteosarcoma
Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumor
-PPancreatic Cancer, Exocrine
Pancreatic Cancer, Islet Cell Carcinoma
Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer
Parathyroid Cancer
Penile Cancer
Pheochromocytoma Cancer
Pituitary Cancer
Plasma Cell Neoplasm
Prostate Cancer
-RRhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood
Rectal Cancer
Renal Cell Cancer (cancer of the kidney)
Renal Pelvis and Ureter, Transitional Cell
-SSalivary Gland Cancer
Sezary Syndrome
Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer, Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
Skin Cancer, Kaposi's Sarcoma
Skin Cancer, Melanoma
Small Intestine Cancer
Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Adult
Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Child
Stomach Cancer
-TTesticular Cancer
Thymoma, Malignant
Thyroid Cancer
-UUrethral Cancer
Uterine Cancer, Sarcoma
Unusual Cancer of Childhood
-VVaginal Cancer
Vulvar Cancer
-WWilms' Tumor