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Case Scenario: Mr. Jones is in the doctors' office for his yearly physical. He reports feeling tired, losing weight, and shortness of breath at times. Since his last visit he has lost 25 pounds. He works for a public power company and has for 10 years. 1. Question: Analyze what might be occurring with this patient and explain why this is happening. Defend your response using specific facts, data, and other information drawn from the textbook and at least one other supplemental source. Case Scenario: Residents in an area of approximately 15 square miles had the highest incidence of cancer rates for the entire state. Statistics show their cancer rates are three times as high as any other part of the state. Recently, childhood cancer has risen in this area. In the last month, 10 children from the area have died from cancer. The cancers were lymphoid and hematopoietic cancers. 2. Question: Describe how cell proliferation in cancer occurs and how it differs from normal cell proliferation. Defend your response using specific facts, data, and other information drawn from the textbook and at least one other supplemental source,

Answer 1

1) The patient is impacted by the pollutants emitted from the power plant ,as a result of it the patient is having shortness of breath , weight loss and fatigue resembling respiratory disease .

There are several pollutants emitted from a power plant. These include Sulphur Dioxide (SO ), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and Ozone (O). SPM from coal power plants are mainly soot, smoke and fine dust particles and these cause asthma and respiratory illness.

2) In normal cells, the cell cycle is controlled by a complex series of signaling pathways by which a cell grows, replicates its DNA and divides while in cancer, as a result of genetic mutations, this regulatory process malfunctions, resulting in uncontrolled cell proliferation.