Assignment:
Short Essay on CANCER ( Lung, Breast, Prostate and HPV associated cancers)
a) Before conducting your literature review describe what you understand about the causes of cancer in several paragraphs using only your current knowledge of cancer.
b) Examine scholarly and peer reviewed literature on cancer and, prepare a second, fully developed essay (500 to 1000 words) describing the causes and sequence of carcinogenesis. Analyze the burden of disease, necessity to address it as a problem, risk factors and determinants of health, an evaluation of existing health policy aimed at the disease, as well as any recommendations.
Describe human, molecular, cellular, and physiological interactions with exogenous agents such as chemicals and radiation and the various ways these can impact carcinogenesis.
Format
The body of the essay should be 2 to 4 pages of text (excluding title page, abstract, and references) written in APA 7 format. No plagiarism and use on primary sources.