EXAM

FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, May 6th, 2009. St Albert's Hall. B75. 8-10 AM. wait outside until you are called into the room.

EXAM REVIEW: Friday, May 8th, 2009. St. Albert's Hall. Room 164 (in the back). 12.30 - 2.30 PM. This will be the last day to discuss the outcome of the exam. Final grades will be posted on UIS that afternoon.

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BREAST CANCER- Part 2

From the chalkboard lecture:

SWINE FLU UPDATE

1. As of today, how many cases of swine flu have been reported in the USA? How many deaths?

BREAST CANCER:

1. What is the difference between sporadic breast cancer and hereditary breast cancer?

2. What is the difference between an oncogene and a tumor suppressor gene?

3. Is BRCA1 a tumor suppressor gene? Why is it important? What happens if a woman inherits a mutated BRCA1 gene? What does that do to her risk of developing breast cancer? of developing ovarian cancer? What are the patient's drug options? surgical options? What does having a baby due to the risk of breast cancer in a woman with an inactivating BRCA1 mutation?

4. What is DCIS? LCIS? IDC? ILC? Which of them has the poorest prognosis? (PLEASE NOTE THAT sporadic breast cancers and hereditary breast cancers both surface as either: DCIS, LCIS, IDC or ILC. The only way to know if you have an inactivating mutation in BRCA1 is to have a DNA test performed.)

BREAST CANCER- part 1

From the chalkboard lecture:

SWINE FLU UPDATE
1. As of today, how many cases of swine flu have been reported in Mexico? How many deaths?

2. As of today, how many cases of swine flu have been reported in the USA? How many deaths? What is the endemic rate of flu deaths each year in the USA?

BREAST CANCER:

1. What is the difference between sporadic breast cancer and hereditary breast cancer?

2. What is the suspected role of estrogen in breast cancer? Is there a drug, used in the treatment of sporadic breast cancer, that works by inhibiting the activity of estrogen in the breast? What is the name of that drug?

3. What is BRCA1? Why is it important? What happens if a woman inherits a mutated BRCA1 gene? What does that do to her risk of developing breast cancer?

4. Can you list other chronic diseases which affect the public health?

5. About how many women get breast cancer each year in the USA?

6. What two things can a woman do to decrease her risk of getting breast cancer?