discussion week 7
Bladder Cancer
Please note: If your answers are based on a type of cancer other than the one you have been assigned, you will not receive credit for this assignment.You have been assigned a specific type of cancer for this Discussion board assignment. Please find your assigned cancer type in the chart below and answer the following questions based on your assigned cancer. Website resources you can use to answer the questions are listed below.
Website Resources:
Cancer type informational sites (find your assigned cancer in the A-Z list):
Cancer type statistics site (find your assigned cancer in the A-Z list):
Questions:
1. Your assigned cancer type (ex: Breast cancer):
2. What are the main risk factors associated with this type of cancer? (ex: smoking, age, etc.)
3. How many people are diagnosed with this cancer each year in the U.S.?
4. What is the survival rate of this type of cancer in the U.S.?
5. What are the available treatment options for this type of cancer? Are there any new treatments or experimental treatments currently in clinical trials?
6. How can you best protect yourself from getting this type of cancer?
**Please respond to at least two submissions of cancers other than the one you were assigned by answering the following question: “What did you learn or find interesting about this type of cancer?”**(reply will send you when you finish the questions)
| Bladder cancer-is the topic of mine |