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L1, Tumour Growth and Development
What proportion of death in the u...,
What is cancer outline the basic ...,
Describe the trends in cancer wit...
31
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L2, Cancer Genetics I (Oncogenes)
Key point of regulation in normal...,
Basic characteristics of oncogenes,
Mechanisms for oncogene activation
18
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L3, Cancer Genetics II (TS Genes)
Illustrate the original 6 hallmar...,
Tumour suppressor gene overview,
Rb basic function
16
cards
L4, Stem cells, cancer and cancer stem cells
Potency basic definition,
Types of division in stem cells,
Stem cell hierarchy
22
cards
L5, Genes + Environment
From where do mutations arise,
Sporadic mutations features,
Contrast sporadic and inherited c...
27
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L6, Infectious Agents and Cancer
What percentage of cancers are re...,
List 6 cancers with strong infect...,
Early discoveries in tumour virology
36
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L7, Cancer as a preventable disease
What percentage of cancers are su...,
Tobacco mortality,
Carcinogenesis by smoking
27
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L8, Traditional Cancer Therapy
What barriers make it difficult t...,
List the 3 traditional approaches...,
Surgery 3 benefits 1 drawback
29
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L9, Targeted Therapies
Targeted therapy targeting identi...,
How are drugs normally obtained i...,
List the 7 types of targeted ther...
22
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L10, Immunotherapy of Cancer
Approximately how many active cli...,
Evidence for immune involvement i...,
How may a cancer cell evade the i...
21
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WS1: Data Analysis I
Cancer research pathway,
How do cell viability assays work...,
Mtt assay in detail
15
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WS2: Data Analysis II (TGCA)
Value of using large scale sequen...,
New vs older generations of seque...,
What is the tcga
4
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WS3: Cancer Stem Cells
Cancer stem cell definition,
Cancer stem cells relevance to ca...,
How are cancer stem cells obtained
7
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Practical: Cytogenetic Abnormalities in Tumour Cells
Examples of large scale changes i...,
Clinical application of cytogenet...,
When are chromosomes best visualised
6
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+ New Era of Melanoma Therapy
Melanoma therapy overview,
Features of targeted therapies,
Features of immunotherapy
6
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