This unit’s assigned reading focuses on chemical-induced mutagens. As you are aware from the reading, not all carcinogens are mutagens. For this assignment, compare and contrast a carcinogen that is a...

Running Head: CHEMICAL-INDUCED MUTAGENS    1
CHEMICAL-INDUCED MUTAGENS         7
MUTAGENIC CARCINOGENS VERSUS NON-MUTAGENIC CARCINOGENS
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Method    3
Results    3
Discussion    4
Mutagenic versus Non-Mutagenic Carcinogens    4
Comparing the Means of Exposure through Mutagenic and Non-Mutagenic Carcinogens    5
Comparing the Types of Cancer caused by Mutagenic and Non-Mutagenic Carcinogens    5
Conclusion    6
References    7
Introduction
Cancer, the leading cause of disease in a today’s world. This disease can be occur in any person or any group but it is known to be dominated among aging population. Cancer is caused by uncontrolled growth of the abnormal group of cells also known as cancer cells. This disease mutated the cell genome. It is multi gene and multi-step disease usually originates from the single cell. Many rounds of mutation and expansion leads to the formation of the tumor mass. The progression of the tumor eventually leads to other parts of the cell. Initiation and spreading of the cancer are due to both internal and external environment.
Method
To search the relevant research paper needed for this article, online database search was done. First, CSU online library was visited to retrieve the data from a Business source database. Visit the site and click on the database Icon. The long list of databases will appear on the screen. In B index, choose the business source ultimate database. Login the account and add keywords in search tab to proceed the search.
First, search for the keyword carcinogen. 187,444 results will be displayed on the screen. To narrow down the results using Boolean search, use two keywords combination like carcinogen and/or mutagen, and carcinogen and/or non-mutagen. 40,869 results will appear on the screen. To further narrows the results, click on the years and select years between 2011 and 2018. This will decrease the search to mere 1605 research papers. Papers from recent years has been selected.
Results
The exposure of radiation, harmful chemicals can trigger the cancer in a person. It can also get inherited, triggered by metabolic mutation, hormones and immune conditions. The disease can also be caused by hepatitis B virus and Human Immuno Virus. The causal agents of cancer are known as carcinogen and mutagens (Jacob et al., 2013). It was suggested by Kirkland et al. (2014) that non-mutagens are the chemicals that do not show the properties of mutagen but they are capable of inducing or triggering cancer. Sutter et al. (2013) proposed that the mutagens are responsible for inducing the cancer.
All mutagens are carcinogenic. Mutagens and carcinogen are not...