Breast+Cancer+JA+AA+LD

1. NEW VOCABULARY. INCLUDE DEFINITIONS. a) **Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy**- To determine whether the lymph is involved in cancer or if the cancer has spread. b) **Lymph**- fluid that contains white blood cells c) **Mastectomy**- A surgical removal of a breast to remove a tumor d) **Invasive Ductal Carcinoma**- Most common type of breast cancer in women e) **Node**- A central or connecting point f) **Lymphovascular Invasion**- When the nodes are moved to other areas of the body and spread the dangerous disease g) **Morphology**- A branch of biology dealing with study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features h) **Tumor Suppressor**- Stops the cell from dividing a lot i) **Proto-Oncogene**- The gene that speeds up mitosis (cell division)

2. FROM LOOKING AT THE PATHOLOGY REPORT, WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU KNOW? A guy who has breast cancer is about to die and has stage III cancer. His tumor suppressor genes are very low, which means that his proto-oncogene is high, which means that the cells keep dividing.

3. HOW CAN YOU FIND OUT WHAT THIS INFORMATION MEANS? You can find out what this information means by looking it up in a dictionary or if not in a dictionary you can look it up on google. You could even ask someone that has cancer.

4. LIST 5 QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE ANSWERED ABOUT THIS PATHOLOGY. 1) Why does he have so many chromosomes? 2) Does he survive? 3) Why are tumors tan-gray to tan-yellow in color? 4) Does age affect the time you get breast cancer? 5) How many lymph nodes are too much?