問題一覧
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What are some causes of Cancer?
Heredity, Diet, Aging
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Where does Cancer start?
monoclonal polyclonal
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What is cancer ?
a collection of diseases
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What are Proto - Oncogenes ?
mutated proto - oncogenes
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“ If cells divide quickly, the tumor _____ __________, If cells divide slowly, the tumor _____ ________ “
grows faster , grows slower
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What is Cell Diffeventation ?
the process by which cells acquire properties that distinguish different types of cells from another
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What are the most common cancers ?
Skin, prostate, breast, lung, colon
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Tumors : can be
benign ( not cancer ) or mallignant ( cancer )
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What two properties can Cancer be defined by?
the ability of cells to multiply in an uncontrolled fashion, their ability to spread throughout the body
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Sarcomas are cancers that originates in ……
supporting tissues
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Which of these are the most common type of malignan tumors ?
Carniomas
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Lymphomas and leukemias are …..
cells of lymphatic and blood origin
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What are Oncogenes ?
mutated proto - oncogenes
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Epithelial cell cancers most common among ….
male / female
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What are Benign tumors ?
grow in a confined local area
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What are the four most frequent types of cancer?
Prostate, breast, lung, colon
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Cancer : malignant ( invades organ ) and ….
metastasis ( spread )
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What is stage?
how large tumor has grown / how far tumor has spread
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Cancer can be defined by ….
a combination of two properties
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What is Uncontrolled Cell Divison?
loss of cell - cell contact
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“ Divide, creating new differentiated cells to replace the ones the are being lost from the outer “
Cell Divison
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“ Grow in a confined local area “
Benign Tumors
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What does the term lymphena refer to ……
tumors of lymphocytes that grow mainly as solid masses of tissue
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What is TNM System ?
size of tumor / number of lymph nodes involved / degree of metastasis
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What is grade?
based on differences in microscopic appearance
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“ Can include surrounding tissues, enter blood stream spread through distant parts of the body through metastasis “
Malignant Tumors
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Carniomas are cancers that …..
arise from epithelial cells
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What are common features of Cancer ?
Uncontrolled Cell Divison, Malignancy, Metastasis, Life Threatening
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What are two common features of cancer?
Uncontrolled Cell Divison, Malignancy, Metastasis, and Life Threatening
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“ Genes mutated in Cancer “ :
Cancer Genetics
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What are Cancer Genetics?
Genes mutataed in Cancer
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What is Metasasis?
loss of cell attachment