Question

Activity Instructions
Analyze the data presented in the graph and table below. Then write a summary addressing the following:

1. The histogram below shows the total estimated new breast cancer cases diagnosed in 2003.

Answer 1

2. The results in this table below are from a 2007 study investigating BRCA mutations in women diagnosed with breast cancer. All of the women in the study had a family history of breast cancer.

BRCA Mutations in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

Answer 2

*A mastectomy is the surgical removal of one or both breasts, either partially of fully. An oophorectomy is the surgical removal of an ovary or ovaries.

Things to address in your summary essay:

Describe how mutations lead to genetic variations.
Which appears to be more dangerous: the BRC1 or BRC2 mutation?
Analyze a woman’s risk of dying of cancer if she carries a mutated BRC1 gene.
How do heredity and inheritance relate to the data presented in these charts?
What data would you need to see in order to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of preventive surgeries?
What does the age at diagnosis tell you about the mutation?
Explain how breast-cancer genes are still present in the population, despite cancer-related surgeries and deaths.

Answer 3

@Hayhayz

Answer 4

did you read it

Answer 5

yeah, can u explain what they want me to do for the assignment i'll do the rest

Answer 6

you are just writing a summary by answering the questions it wants you to address.. im assuming you have more information than just the chart to answer those questions right?

Answer 7

yeah it won't let me post it tho

Answer 8

that's alright but where it says things to address in your summary: those are the questions you need to answer by looking at the chart and the other information you have that you cant post

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oh ok after i finish the summary(which will take a while) can i let u check it ?

Answer 10

sure but i havent read the other information so i will not really know whether the answers are correct or not

Answer 11

oh ok i thought u had done the assignment for biology

Answer 12

i did biology a long time ago lol

Answer 13

so thats why i asked if u could grade it but nvm its okay

Answer 14

sorry!

Answer 15

thats ok at least u tried to help me :)