77 - Cancer Primer (w/ Pat Faughnan!)
77. Cancer Primer
In 2020, approximately 1.8 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States alone. The disease is so infamous that some scientists say that merely uttering its name leads to a better chance of grant funding, and so challenging to treat that it has become commonplace to embolden new generations of scientists by saying they will “cure cancer”. Today, we will discuss some of the introductory themes of cancer. Let’s learn to be scientifically conversational.
General Learning Concepts
1) Discussion questions:
a. What is the definition of cancer?
b. How does a person get cancer?
c. How could a virus give someone cancer?
d. Is cancer genetic?
e. Why is treating cancer so difficult (eg. why isn't there just one treatment)?
f. Why does cancer become lethal?
g. Why can cancer come back / spread?