• I learned that cancer cells don't stop growing and that is how they create tumors.
• Other cells in the body don't know hat the cancer cells are bad so they don't kill them.
• Alcohal and other things can increase the chance of geting cancer.
• Chemotherapy doesn't just kill cancer cells in also kills some good cells in your body. That is why you get weak and lose your hair.
• If your family has a history of cancer you have 50% chance of geting cancer.
• Is there water that can cause cancer?
• Is there a posability that plants can get the same type of cancer?
• I like the fact that there is such thing as a tumor that doesn't grow called benine.
• I dislike the fact that chemotherapy kills other cells in your body other than the cancer.

What I've learned..

What I have learned through out this unit about cancer, is that malignant mean cancerous, and benign means non cancerous, I have also learn a lot about many different cancers like; Lung Cancer, Colon Cancer, Skin Cancer, an that's just a few. Also I learnd that metastasis mean the spreading from one area of the body to another, for example If you have lung cancer that is in you lungs there is a chance of it moving from your lungs to another area of the body. Another thing I have learned was that everybody has cancer cells in them, and that you family history and diet can effect the risk factor for cancer. Some of the thing in this unit that I liked a lot were the assignment of 1 cancer to research, and getting to work with my classmates. Some of the things that I didn't like were the assignments of certain jobs for your cancer, because it was very easy to get your mixed up with other peoples and when we where presenting I believe it confused the audience because when I was listening to other groups I was getting lost. A couple of questions that I didn't get answered were Q: what makes different cancers differnent than one another? And Q: how can a healthy diet make your chances of cancer decrease? I really enjoyed this unit I felt like I knew exactly what was going on all the time!!

Jessica's cancer project

1. Metastasis~when cancer spreads from oe part of the body to another
2. Tumor~ when tissue cells grow uncontrolably
3. Processed products are not good for you when you have breast cancer
~processed like canned stuff such as meat, vegetables, and fruits
4. Chemotherapy can cause you to gain weight and being over weight doesn't help with cancer
5. Some kinds of breast cancers can look like spider bites and it can be hard to detect



1-2 questions I still want to learn about breast cancer
1. should kids ages between 12-18 be worried about getting breast

1 thing I liked- it was nice learning about what has killed alot of people
1 thing I didn't like- breast cancer killes alot of people

Cancer

• 5 of the things I learned about cancer this unit are:

1. You get cancer when cell division goes wrong. If the chromosomes don't divide equally, the cell still keeps going, but at a faster rate and keeps going without stopping. Eventually, you get a lot of cells packing up on top of each other, that turns into a tumor.
2. Not all tumors are cancerous, they're called benign. If they are cancerous then you call it malignant.
3. When cancer spreads throughout the whole body its called Metastasis. By then you're in a advanced stage.
4. There is a type of cancer called Inflammatory Breast Cancer. At first it looks like a spider bite, and most people don't really pay attention, but when it keeps growing they finally do. By then its usually too late and the person who had it dies very soon.(sometimes in 3 weeks) A girl as young as the age 12 died from this type of cancer.
5. A lot of times you get a higher risk of a type of cancer depending on what your nationality is. (EX. If you're an African American, you have a higher chance of getting Prostate Cancer than other nationalities.

• 2 Questions that were not answered: 

1. If they found a cure for the cancer, why don't they use it now?
2. Is it worse to go tanning outside or fake-baking?

•  I liked how we did the project with individual jobs. It gave a chance to fully understand what we were learning about and do more research. I also liked how we got to choose a type of cancer on our own in the individual research. It made it more interesting because we wanted to know specifically about that type.

• One thing that I didn't like was that we got a little bit of time to do the group project, worksheet, AND individual cancer research. It made things a bit stressful.

• I learned that not all tumors are cancerous when it is cancerous is is called malignet and when its not is in benin.
• I learned that meiosis produces four sex cells.
• I learned that females can only use one out of the four cells produced by meiosis.
• I learned that cancer is the rapid production of aq cell that is bad or a cell that either skipped a step in the cell cycle or something went wrong in the cycle.
• I learned that meiosis creates different combinations of our chromsomes so no two cells are alike once they have gone through meiosis.
• what is the body mass index?
• I liked mostly everything about this project
• the only thing that i didnt like was having to use the slow computers.

During our cancer unit I learned several new things. I learned that not all tumors are cancerous. If a tumor is cancerous, then it's malignant; if it's not, then it's benign. I also learned those terms to describe the type of tumor it is. Another new thing I discovered is that there is a gene in cells called P53 and when this particular gene has a mutation, it leads to cancer. It affects the checkpoints in cells which where the cell pauses in the cell cycle to make sure there are no problems. Whenever there is, the cell automatically will either fix any problems or mutations or else kill itself. When the P53 is defective, these checkpoints don't occur or work. Also I learned what carcinogens are. Carcinogens are cancer causing chemicals. Cancer typically is not completely fatal or horrible or terribly painful until it reaches a stage it can proceed with metastasis. Metastasis is the last newly learned thing I will explain although I learned more than this. Metastasis is a process where cancer cells travel through blood vessels to other locations in the body. They then attach themselves to the walls of the vessels and eventually make their way through the wall into the tissue of an organ and continue reproducing more cancer cells there. That is how cancer spreads to other areas of the body and gets worse. One thing that I really liked about this unit was how we all got to act as specialists to diagnose a pretend patient. We had to evaluate the symptoms and problems our patients were having and do research to decide what possible cancers they might have and what tests to recommend they take to find out. Once the cancer was confirmed we all had our own jobs to do to help treat the patient or educate the patient on how to help themselves and explain everything that was happening to them. It was a great experience to act as though we were part of something like that and know what all happens and get a feel for how it works. I'm confident that I know a lot more about cancer now and what it actually means to have cancer. Something that I didn't like as much about this unit was there were times when I felt it was a little too independent. We got help if we ever asked, but I personally didn't feel completely confident about what I was doing. There's no one else in the class who has the same cancer as your small group but no one in your group has the same job as you. On top of all the other classes we have and the work we do for them, I guess it just felt overwhelming. Over all it was still an enlightening experience that was well worth it. Now that the unit is over, I still have a few questions: What is all being done to find better treatments for cancer? How much time, energy, and money is being put into research? Besides donating money to random cancer fundraisers, what can I do to help any part of the cancer situation personally? What are the chances of me or any of my friends getting cancer? How many people in the world are estimated to be affected directly by cancer? There's still a lot left to answer.

Cancer Nate Sams 2/2/12

During our cancer unit i learned about how a tumor can be malignant, cancerous, and benign, not cancerous. Also, I learned that family history can play a large role in whether or not you can get most types of cancers. There is also a chance of getting cancer on your lifestyle choices like whether you smoke or drink alcohol, you can get cancer by being overweight for cancers like prostate, and pancreatic. Lastly I learned that metastasis is how cancer spreads throughout the body. 2 questions that were unanswered during the unit were when the cancer spreads is there a certain place each kinds of cancer attaches like when breast cancer spreads does it go to a specific other part of the body? My other question was what kinds of cancer can infants get. 1 thing that i enjoyed during the unit was the independent study of a cancer of our choice. What I disliked was the webquest.

Cancer

This is what I learned about cancer as a result of our projects. I did not know that males could get breast cancer. I didn't know that Asians were the least likely to get melanoma. I learned about what mascectomies and lumpectomies were, and the differences of both. I also didn't know that cancer was capable of moving into the bloodstream and traveling to other parts of the body. This is called metastasis. I didn't know what carcinogens were, either. They're cancer-causing agents. Here are a couple questions I still have about cancer. How many people in the world are estimated to have some type of cancer? What is a male's chance of getting breast cancer? What I liked about this project was the fact that we didn't have an outline that told us exactly what to do. We had very general instructions and we weren't walked through everything. What I didn't like about this project was the lack of time we were given to complete it.