Cancers Share Gene Patterns, Studies Affirm by Gina Kolata. The New York Times. May 1, 2013.
Motivated reading is the best kind of reading. With that in mind, I will frequently in the future pose some questions that you might want to consider as you read the significant articles I link to here on this blog. Hopefully, this approach will increase your understanding and retention as well as my own. It will also stimulate a more careful reading of the material. Here are some questions that occur to me as I read this article:
1. Why is the organ-based definition of cancer becoming increasingly irrelevant?
2. What role does the National Institutes of Health play in the research recounted here?
3. Give of some examples of the "differing" types of cancers that are in fact related?
4. What impact will a genetic basis of cancer have on drug development?
5. Why does endometrial cancer and acute myeloid leukemia have particular significance in terms of health impact?
6. What is it likely that discovering the genetic basis of cancer will have lasting impact?
7. Why is the newer genetic method of classifying and evaluating tumors likely to be more effective than the old method?
8. Describe how a more precise genetic classification of leukemia results in more effective treatment.
9. What are questions that will likely dominate the next step in research?
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