BMED 380- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 35 pages long!)

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Module 1: introduction to evolutionary biology of cancer. Section 1: case study approach: use of theoretical knowledge to be applied on a real-world situation. Mr. jones is a 56 year-old caucasian man who has recently gone to his doctor for a physical, which included prostate-specific antigen (psa) screening. His medical history is clear, although he has recently been experiencing high blood pressure. He is currently working with his physician to reduce his dietary consumption of saturated fat and lose weight overall. His father was diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 60. Do you think that the recent recommendations to reduce psa screening by the. Section 2: history and importance of cancer and society: cancer can be defined as the following by the national cancer institute, cancer is the name given to a collection of related disease. In all types of cancer, some of the body"s cells begin to divide without stopping and spread into surrounding tissues.