Angier+Questions+Zach

2. What is a metastatic cancer cell? 3. Why does the author call cancer cells barbarians and cannibals? 4. What do we know about the events that transform a normal cell to a cancer cell? 5. Why is harder to study metastatic cancer cells? 6. How many cells do primary tumors shed each day (in a rodent)? Yet how many metastatic tumors do these rodents have? 7. Describe two ways metastatic cells can travel through the body avoiding detection from our immune system. 8. Where is the first site (oasis for the cancer cell) that metastasis generally occurs? Why? Why is it an oasis? (What is an oasis?) 9. What is a dormant micrometastasis? Why are they relevant to human health? 10. What evidence do we have that metastasis occurs in organs that are similar to the organ of the primary tumor? Give two examples.**
 * 1. The article begins by mentioning two important people with cancer. Who is Elizabeth Edwards? Who is Tony Snow? (Include their politcal party, job, and current health status-this article was written in April-your answer should have more than what you can find in the article)