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Decks in this class (21)

Lecture 1b: History of Cancer
Definition of cancer 1,
Characteristics of series of muta...,
Characteristics of modified cells 3
25  cards
Lecture 1c: Modern History in Cancer Research & Hallmarks of Cancer
Rudolph virchow s discovery 1,
Rudolph virchow s proposal 2,
Stephen paget s theory 3
28  cards
Lecture 2a: Characteristics of Cancer Cells
Main cause for cancer cells is __...,
Sporadic cancer 2,
Inherited cancer 3
37  cards
Lecture 2b: Types of Cancer's and Tumor Classification
3 categories of tumor classificat...,
3 categories of the differentiati...,
2 categories of biological behavi...
37  cards
Lecture 3a: Skin Cancers, Defects in Skin Repair
Intrinsic risk factors 1,
Non intrinsic risk factors 2,
Endogenous risk factors 3
39  cards
Lecture 3b: Skin Cancer's and DNA Damage
Xeroderma pigmentosum 1,
Average patient with nonmelanoma ...,
Diagnostic techniques 3
15  cards
Lecture 4a: Oncogenic Viruses
______ of all cancers are associa...,
______ of viral cancers occur in ...,
Viral cancers do not arise acutel...
15  cards
Lecture 4b: Mechanisms of Oncogenic Viruses
Anchorage independent growth 1,
Nude strain mice 2,
Two direct mechanisms for viral o...
18  cards
Lecture 5a: Proto-Oncogene Activation
Proto oncogenes 1,
Oncogenes 2,
Times where increased transcripti...
4  cards
Lecture 5b: Ras-Myc Oncogene Addiction
Insertional mutagenesis 1,
Pbki0 mice 2,
Ras activation pathway 3
4  cards
Lecture 6a: Defects in Tumor Suppressor Genes
Tumor supressor genes 1,
Cancer susceptibility gene 2,
Tumors suppressors can act as ___...
19  cards
Lecture 5: Proto-Oncogene Activation in Malignancy
Origins of cellular oncogenes 1,
Origins of viral oncogenes 2,
Tumor addiction to proto oncogene 3
38  cards
Lecture 6: Tumor Suppressors
Tumor suppressor gene 1,
Cancer susceptibility gene 2,
2 main functions of tumor suppres...
36  cards
Lecture 7: Multi-Step tumorigenesis & Metastasis
Primary site 1,
Staging 2,
Metastatic cancer 3
72  cards
Lecture 8: Tumor Microenvironment
Stromal compartment 1,
Tumor stroma respond to anticance...,
Tumor stroma composition 3
40  cards
Lecture 9: Tumor Angiogenesis
Tumor growth beyond _____________...,
In the absence of vascular suppor...,
Thrombosis 3
39  cards
Lecture 10: Inflammation and Cancer
Tumor associated macrophages in t...,
Estimated ___________ of adults i...,
_______ of kidney transplant pati...
16  cards
Lecture 11: Environmental Carcinogenesis
Carcinogen 1,
Consequence of cancer only being ...,
5 carcinogenic environmental fact...
20  cards
Lecture 12: Animal Models of Cancer
In vitro models 1,
In vivo models 2,
In silica models 3
18  cards
Lecture 13: Principles of Cancer Drug Discovery
Preclinical translational research 1,
Bench to bedside 2,
T0 research 3
15  cards
Lecture 14: Cancer Prevention
First year the us expects more th...,
2011 highest association to lung ...
2  cards

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