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Online Research Guide

Leukemia Cancer

Andy Liu
Stephanie Medwid
Victoria Ezi
Hasnain Irfan
Jibi Talabi
English 202C: Technical Writing
Professor Julie Malsbury
February 19, 2016

Table of Content
Preface....Page 3

Content....Page 3
Audience.....Page 3
[Link] 3
Organization...Page 3
Government Organization
Pubmed...Page 4
National Cancer Institute....Page 5
Documentary
Vice.....Page 6
Scholarly Journal
The New England of Medicine....Page 7
Journal of Cancer.........Page 8
Non-Profit Organization
American Cancer Society.....Page 9
Ped-Onc.......Page 10
Professional Resources
[Link]....Page 11
Chimeric Antigen Receptor.....Page 12
Leukemia Patients remain in remission...Page 13
Environmental factors .....Page 14
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society..Page 15
Lihteh Wu....Page 16
Pathophysiology of [Link] 17
Overview of Leukemia....Page 18

Preface
Content
This internet research guide is compiled from a complication of what our group analyzed
from a multitude of databases and websites. The people who are using this guide will begin to
have an understanding of what Leukemia cancer is, its effects on the body, and medical research
being done on trying to cure this disease. The guides can be used by anyone from anywhere with
internet access. A person doesnt not need any special access to retrieve any of the sources that

we are using. Each of the sources listed are suitable for anyone interested in Leukemia cancer to
reference to.
Audience
The Audience is predominantly centered around people who have Leukemia cancer and
want to know more about the disease. A secondary audience is people with friend/family that
have cancer and want to know the physiology of the cancer, the treatments available and what
kinds of Leukemia cancer research that is taking place. Although anyone can read about
Leukemia cancer, this guide provides professional and trusted resources with detailed
information to better inform the reader. The goal of this research guide is to help someone better
understand Leukemia cancer whether they are the ones struggling with the disease, if they know
someone with the disease, or just want to become more informed. This guide can be considered
a helpful tool given with proficient sources, technical and unbiased information given to
someone who wants to become better educated about Leukemia cancer.
Assumption
This guide was made under the assumption that the reader has little to no prior
knowledge of cancer before reading this. There is no requirements for a reader in order to
understand what is written in the following pages.
Organization
For the reader's convenience, this guide is organized by a table of contents which will
inform the reader what kind of source they are reading about. All of the information is organized
in the same format and is separated by page numbers.
Location(Government Resource)
PubMed (n.d.). Retrieved February 16, 2016 from [Link]
Bethesda, MD:
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Description
PubMed is a database provided by the U.S government that contains over 25millions
citations from life science journals, biotechnology journals, chemistry journals, and
books, all relating to medicine, dentistry, botany etc. This website provides full-text

links with abstracts about the article or directs the user to the publisher's website.
Additionally, PubMed provides full citations of published works in different formats
such MLA and APA, which make it easier for the user. This website is resourceful in
providing articles on various research that has been carried in different parts of world
about a particular topic. However, this is most useful to a person who is well informed
about their topic or has a general knowledge, as most of the articles found on this site
are very specific and complex.
Tips
Author names, title of the article, or name of the journal can be used to make
searches

This website has search mode to modify the results. On the left side of the

website there are options to click to filter results. And on the right, there is a graph that
shows the number of articles published in a year.

Location(Government Resource)
National Cancer Institute(n.d), Retrieved February 9, 2016 from
[Link]
Description
This website describe what the side effects of Leukemia and its treatments are in specific
details. The website states that Leukemia is different for everyone and that a person needs to find
a lifestyle that suits them. Then, the website divides the content up into different categories of
problems in alphabetical order. Each one of the categories list or define what the problem is and
defines what possible method there are to manage it. The website also includes links that lead to

related information. This website is good for people who are trying to adapt to a life with
Leukemia or living after the original treatment of cancer. The website is also good for people
who are writing a paper on Leukemia or side effects of it and its treatment.
Tips
This is a government website so it can provide help with people who look for it on
this site.
One of the main feature that the website provides is that you can talk with the
people who are assigned to monitor the website.

Location(Documentary)
[Link] (n.d) Retrieved Febuary, 12, from [Link]
Description
VICE is a documentary TV- series that covers current topics in an documentary filmmaking
style. The documentary VICE Killing Cancer shows doctors discussing the development of a
cure for Leukemia cancer and other forms of cancer using different viruses and alternating them
to attack cancer cells. Shane Smith interviews a variety of doctors, healthcare professionals, and
patients involved in the clinical trials. The information is neither biased nor exaggerated. This
documentary gives credible information on cancer and the cure that doctors are working on to
kill the disease.
Tips
Vices website can be tricky to navigate. You can also find their videos on the
HBO site
If you do not have the HBO channel this documentary is available to purchase for
$1.99 at both HBO store youtube account

Vice also has a youtube channel where this documentary is available

Location (Scholarly Magazine)

The New England of Medicine, (2016, February). 374. Retrieved from
[Link]
Description
The New England Journal of Medicine comprises of vast articles and videos on research,
reviews, medical cases, and commentaries. The home page displays recent articles published.
Although this website offers free access to some of the full text, subscription is required to have
complete access to all of the information on this site. The website has tabs to find or filter results.
There is tab for articles and multimedia, a tab for issue, and tab for specialties and topics. When
the user enters in their topic in search web, a lot of results appear. On the left side of the website,
there are links that modify that help organize information in categories, specialty, or date. Again
this website is useful for those looking for commentaries, cases, and research about Leukemia.

Location( Scholarly Magazine)

Journal Of Cancer, (2016). 6. Retrieved from [Link]
Description
The Journal of Cancer contains peer-reviewed papers on research related to cancer, such as new
development of treatment, other methods to detecting cancer, side effects and innovative
approach to cancer. Research studies that has been carried out about Leukemia can be found on
this website. This website is very easy to use. Recent research paper can be found directly on the
homepage. On the left of the website, is a tab for volumes which is arranged according to the
year of publication. Example: Vol. 7, 2016. The user can click on a volume and all the research
paper published that year will appear. The website also informs users of the top cited papers,
other available science journal, as well as its affiliations. On the home page the editors are listed
with their highest level of education and their various positions. Most impressive is that this
website provides free access to full text, and demonstrates how to cite the document found.

Location(Non-profit Organization)
American Cancer Society(n.d), Retrieved February 9, 2016 from
[Link]
Description
The American Cancer Society tells us many things about Leukemia. In radiation treatments that
are used to kill cancer the healthy cells that are nearby are also harmed and suffer side effects
because of that reason. Some of the side effects are tiredness, irritable skin/sensitive soup, and
trouble eating. Doctors are still looking for ways to reduce these side effects. One of the possible
ways was radioprotective drugs. A few more of the side effects are pain, Nausea, Anemia, and
second cancer. Second cancer is caused by the treatment of the original cancer. Another thing is
that if a person who has cancer gets a infection it is much more severe than a person who does
not have Leukemia. The website is very good when a person wants to search for what kind of
side effect certain things would be caused by.
Tips
This website is better for giving advice on how to deal with the side effects of
cancer afterwards.

Location(Non-Profit Organization)
Ped-Onc. ( August, 2011). Possible Environmental Causes of Childhood Leukemia
Retreived from: [Link]
Description
This website has a full awareness of leukemia cancer. It educates the reader from how many cells
have in our body and what are there function in the human [Link] explain exactly how a person
gets cancer and what are main things that cause leukemia cancer. The content of this website is
good and very useful. It is divided into multiple paragraphs and does the wonderful job in
educating people. The website includes the causes of cancer, preventative measures and possible
treatment. Some of the important content is divided into bullets points. It is done that way to
make the reader understand what he/she needs to do for taking precautionary measures. At the
end of the article the author has listed extra multiple sources which are very useful and at the end
the author also listed A to Z about the leukemia cancer.
Tips
Use site section for other related topic and guidance
Click on the inner link to get for information

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Location(Professional Resource)
[Link](n.d), Retrieved February 9, 2016 from [Link]
Description
[Link] states that Leukemia and its treatment can cause many problems and side
effects. The website also states that it is important to talk to a doctor and that one of the more
important thing is to relieve the side effects. The website further divides the different side effects
by the type of people who are researching it. The website is designed especially for ios and
mobile devices so that it is easy to access on the go. This site is good for emergency situations
and information on what to do. It also provides information on coping with Leukemia. The
website also provides a blog so people who experience it first-hand can talk to others about what
they had to.

Tips
This website is recommended for communicating with other people who are in the
same situation.

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Location (Professional Resources)

Chimeric Antigen Receptor(n.d) Restrieved from
[Link]
Chimeric Antigen Receptor Modified T- Cells in Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia
Description
This journal provides the reader with an summary, introduction, findings ,tables and charts . It is
broken down in different sections making it easy for someone interested in Cancer research to
understand the information given. The layout of this report is nicely outlined and organized and
gives detailed information. The reader may find it helpful that each section is labeled in such a
way that they stick out from the rest of the font. If the reader wants to read specific information
such as Methods, or Results, those headlines are easily located. For a Brief Report, this
journal is well written, nicely organized, and very detailed.

Tips
Read the abstract of the article and look at the figures to help understand the
information given.
Look at the charts and pictures that correlate with the researchers findings
Find other articles related to this research by looking at articles with the same
Doctors listed.

Location(Professional Resource)
Leukemia Patients remain in remission(n.d) Restrieved from
[Link]

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Description
In this article, University of Pennsylvania researchers report the results of 12 patients whom are
in remission after receiving T- Cell therapy two years ago. Results are important in a clinical
trial. Twelve patients with advanced cancer were given genetically engineered T-cells to target
their tumors. Doctors report that two of the first three patients treated remain healthy and in full
remission. The procedure and the results are both posted in this article. If you would like to learn
more information, links are also provided for the abstract and additional research is posted.
Tips
Tips: Go into the links provided by University of Pennsylvanias website to get
additional information on patients and their ongoing remission
This video is included in this article and may be helpful for more information
[Link]

Location(Profession Resource)
Environmental factors contributing to the development of childhood leukemia in children with
Down's syndrome (2003). 19051907. Retrieved from
[Link]

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Description:
This is a resourceful site to gain knowledge about the causes, symptoms and research carried
out on leukemia. It starts of with the basic information about leukemia cancer and then it takes
the user step by step of every single detail about cancer. The text is bold and clear. The font of
the text is 14, which is very easy to read. In the middle of the paragraph the author has listed
individual types of cancers which are link with leukemia [Link] website gives the reader
an awareness of what leukemia is and more details about it by stating the facts about leukemia,
precautions and possible cures for the disease.
Tips
To download or share the article click on table of content and download it
click on the 2 tables that given in the middle, it carries detail about cancer

Location(Professional Resource)
"Leukemia." Centric Digital-admin. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, n.d. Web. 19 Feb.
2016. Retrived from: [Link]

Description

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The author of this article list major causes of Leukemia. This information is very helpful because
it educates people from using things or product that are harmful to them, in that way they can
prevent leukemia. The website also provides a list of all kinds of leukemia that has been
researched. Nonetheless, it imparts readers with a warm and understanding feeling. The author of
this article also provides other leukemia related article to help those who may need further
information about leukemia.

Tips
Scroll in the middle, read about types of cancer
click on read more link to read more about that type of cancer

Location(Professional Resource)
Lihteh Wu. (April, 2015). Retrieved February 19, 2016, from
[Link]

Description
This website has section that solely talks about the pathophysiology of leukemia. This section
talks about clone of malignant cells and chromosomal rearrangements. The passage is short, but
if you are looking for a great overview of the pathophysiology of leukemia this is a great source.

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If you want to branch out of the pathophysiology, there are links to related reference topics and
related news articles at the bottom of the page for more knowledge on the subject. On the side
there are more sections of leukemia, one is the just the general background of the leukemia and
the other is the Epidemiology in case you need that information.

Tips

Click on multimedia library for images of signs of leukemia.

Location(Professional Resource)
Pathophysiology of Leukemia. (2008). Retrieved February 19, 2016, from
[Link]
Description
This article talks about the pathophysiology of leukemia. This article talks in detail about
proliferating abnormal and immature cells. It also talks about the different types of leukemia like
acute leukemia, lymphocytic leukemia, and myelogenous leukemia. The end of the article talks
about the causes of the leukemia, which is still unknown but then talks about the factors that
make you more prone to leukemia. It finally talks about the complications of leukemia. This

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article also as a image of a list, describing the Proliferation of Immature WBCs. This article is
great solely for the information of pathophysiology.

Tips
Click on the images to enlarge it.

Location(professional resource)
Overview of Leukemia - Hematology and Oncology. (n.d.). Retrieved February 19, 2016, from
[Link]

Description
This website gives a brief summary of leukemia by slitting the topic up into etiology,
pathophysiology and the different classifications. In the pathophysiology part it gives general
knowledge of what most other pathophysiology articles talk about.
Even though its just a small paragraph on the pathophysiology, it gives a great description. If
you wanted to branch out to etiology of leukemia or the classifications of it also gives good

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information on those topics. At the end of the article it has a part for the resource in this article
and a list of drug mentioned in the article, in case readers want to find information on a certain
drug or more in depth information of what the article talks about.

Tips
Click on the images on the side to enlarge the image. Some of the images also
have a little description of the image.