ANTH 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Metastasis, Brca1, Lesion
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Mukherjee (2010: 173): (cid:312)cancer, a shape-shifting disease of colossal diversity, was recast as a single, monolithic entity. (cid:313) Specific antigens expressed in the surface of the cell. Some chromosomal translocations give a better or worse prognosis (variability within each sub-type) (cid:312)war on cancer(cid:313) Since nixon began the (cid:312)war on cancer(cid:313) in 1971, billion has been invested on research and cancer death rate has hardly changed. A prognosis is a doctor"s best estimate of how cancer will affect a person and how it will respond to treatment. A prognostic factor is an aspect of the cancer or a characteristic of the person that the doctor will consider when making a prognosis. A predictive factor influences how a cancer will respond to a certain treatment. Prognostic and predictive factors are often discussed together and they both play a part in deciding on a treatment plan and a prognosis. Prognosis someone who thinks differently about the future, death and life.
