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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The researchers met with Howard Skipper, a "_______________" who had been injecting rodents with leukemic cells.

2. Robert would eventually die but he and many other patients had survived past the ______________ period. At the time, this was an eternity.

3. The year of his death, 1972, marked what?

4. Virchow began to notice uncontrolled growth of cells. Virchow referred to this as _____________ or distorted growth.

5. _________ surgery was accelerated to superradical surgery.

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the chemotherapy ward a battle ground in the 1970s?

2. On what two fundamental tenets is biology based? Explain these tenets.

3. What is meant by the "smiling oncologist?"

4. What is VAMP? What about this might have surprised Zubrod?

5. How is the 21st anniversary of the Jimmy Fund significant?

6. What were the problems with VAMP? How might these be corrected?

7. How is cancer a total disease? How is this important?

8. Who is Ben Orman? How is he significant to the study of cancer?

9. Why was John Bennett wrong?

10. Why did breast cancer clinical trials last ten years? How could these trials have been run better?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Farber created a society to raise funds for cancer research.

Part 1) Describe the work of this society. Who was involved? How did cancer research benefit from this society? What events led to changes in the work of this society?

Part 2) What other organizations are discussed in this book? How have they been important to the study of various diseases? At what times have these various organizations worked together? How did they benefit from these collaborations?

Part 3) If you were to join an organization, which one would you join? Why would you join this organization? In which ways could you help this organization raise funds?

Essay Topic 2

In 1969, the New York Times published a letter to Richard Nixon.

Part 1) What did this letter say? Why did they write this open letter? How did Nixon respond? Why did he respond in this way? Would he have responded in this way if it had been a private letter sent to him? Why or why not?

Part 2) What does this letter reveal about the American public at the time it was written? What was their view of cancer? How had this changed from the importance, or lack thereof, of cancer research in previous years? Why?

Part 3) How important is cancer research today? Does the American public feel about cancer and cancer research the same as they did in 1969? Why or why not? How might Americans today use an open letter format to attract the attention of our president? What issues are important today? Why?

Essay Topic 3

James Watson is quoted as saying, "The National Cancer Institute, which has overseen American efforts on researching and combating cancers since 1971, should take on an ambitious new goal for the next decade: the development of new drugs that will provide lifelong cures for many, if not all, major cancers. Beating cancer now is a realistic ambition because, at long last, we largely know its true genetic and chemical characteristics." Part 6, p. 393

Part 1) What does this quote reveal about the mindset regarding cancer at the time? Is this a realistic mindset? Were these realistic goals? Why or why not?

Part 2) Is this the view of many today regarding cancer? Do many believe that cancer can be eradicated in the next decade? Why or why not?

Part 3) Do you believe that cancer will ever be eradicated? Why or why not? Can any disease ever be completely eradicated? Why or why not?

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