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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. In Spring 2005, Mukherjee had to make a decision. What was this decision?

2. ________________ such as Doll and Hill, argued that exogenous chemicals caused cancer, although they could not offer a mechanistic explanation for their theory or results.

3. Einar produced the __________ uniform he had been given and had worn to every treatment.

4. On the last day of their time as a solid unit, the group began to do what?

5. In the 1960s, Bruce Ames at Berkeley stumbled upon a test for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is James Watson's quote? How is this significant?

2. Why did doctors dismiss the cancer found in chimney sweeps? How did cancer continue to be dismissed by others throughout time?

3. What are the similarities between AIDS and cancer? Is this important? Why or why not?

4. What is the oncogene theory?

5. What is Genentech? How is this company important?

6. What problems could arise with genetic engineering?

7. Who was Oscar Auerbach? What role did he play in connecting lung cancer to tobacco? Was he a good choice? Why or why not?

8. How does the cure for cancer parallel the story of Achilles?

9. Who were virologists?

10. What was the oncomouse? Was this successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sidney Farber was the chief pathologist at Boston's Children's Hospital in the 1940s.

Part 1) How did he go about changing careers after nearly 20 years as a pathologist? Why did he decide to change professions? How different was his work when he changed professions?

Part 2) Did cancer research benefit from Farber changing careers? if so, how? If not, why not? What did he do for the study of cancer and specifically leukemia? Why might other doctor's have been skeptical at his work? What does this say about cancer and specifically leukemia?

Part 3) How has cancer been viewed throughout time? Has this view changed in modern times? If so, why? if not, why not? When you hear the word cancer, how do you feel? What do you associate with this word? Why?

Essay Topic 2

It was once said that all drugs are poison.

Part 1) Why was this believed by Paracelsus? Would you agree? Why or why not? Would most doctors today agree with you? Why or why not?

Part 2) How is this statement flipped with discussing cancer? What does this reveal about cancer research throughout time? What does this say about the dangers of cancer research?

Part 3) Do you believe that this can still be said about cancer research today? Is it as experimental as it once was? Why or why not? Would you have participated in these experimental trials? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In 1775, Percival Pott noticed a shocking number of his patients suffered from scrotal cancer.

Part 1) Why had this increase occurred? Why were many of cases such as these ignored? What does this say about society at this time? How does this lead to studies into the effects of tobacco and cigarettes?

Part 2) When was it finally determined that tobacco and cigarettes cause lung cancer? Why did it take so long? Why is cigarette smoking still allowed, even though it is known that it causes cancer? What role has the tobacco industry played in the continued purchasing and popularity of cigarettes?

Part 3) How has the view of smoking begun to change? How is this seen in our society including restaurants, bars, and even on television and in movies?

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