Breast Cancer and Genetic Screening

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What's It All About?

Cancer is responsible for 20% of all deaths in the United States. What is being done about it? One of the hottest (and most controversial) areas of cancer research today involves screening people for cancer before symptoms develop. One way this may be possible is through genetic testing, that is, looking for specific cancer-related genes in a person's cells. Some of the most recent discoveries in this field involve breast cancer.

Before we delve into the heart of the controversy, let's get some background information.

General Information about Cancer

What is cancer?
What are the main types of cancer?
What causes cancer?
How can cancer be treated?

All about Breast Cancer

What is breast cancer?
What causes breast cancer?
What are some of the various types of breast cancer?
What treatments are available for breast cancer?
What can you do to prevent getting breast cancer?
How is breast cancer detected?
What do a person's genes have to do with breast cancer?

Where Do We Go From Here?

What would YOU do? (classroom scenarios)
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