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Decks in this class (17)

Cellular pathology of cancer
What is metaplasia,
What is dysplasia,
What is the difference between lo...
21  cards
Cell cycle
What is the cell cycle,
What is the most vulnerable perio...,
Why is appropriate regulation of ...
40  cards
Signalling mechanisms of growth and division
What happens to most adult cells ...,
What is c myc,
What are the key components of si...
52  cards
External factors controlling division and behaviour of normal and cancerous cells
What is cell behaviour,
What 2 classes of external influe...,
What chemical external influences...
43  cards
Angiogenesis
What is angiogenesis,
What physiological roles does ang...,
What conditions are dependent on ...
45  cards
Oncogenes and tumour suppressors
What are the basic hallmarks of t...,
What are proto oncogenes,
What are oncogenes
14  cards
DNA damage and repair
What can damage dna,
Why is dna damage a problem,
What types of damage can occur to...
32  cards
Apoptosis
Why is programmed cell death impo...,
What is necrosis,
What is apoptosis programmed cell...
48  cards
Cancer epidemiology
What does a rapid change in cance...,
What does a slow change in cancer...,
What does persistence of cancer r...
16  cards
Invasion- regulation of cell migration
What are the steps in tumour prog...,
What are the 2 broad types of tum...,
What is required in individual tu...
39  cards
Colon cancer
Discuss the epidemiology of color...,
What are the functions of the colon,
How many cells die per minute in ...
41  cards
Biological basis of cancer therapy
What are the most common cancers ...,
What is the predicted cancer inci...,
Why is cancer incidence set to in...
39  cards
Leukaemia
What is leukaemia,
What percentage of cancers are bl...,
How many people are diagnosed wit...
26  cards
TUTORIAL: Exploitation of the actin cytoskeleton by Listeria
Where does the energy for listeri...,
What is listerias mechanism for m...,
What is listerias mechanism for m...
13  cards
TUTORIAL: The cell cycle and cancer
How do tyrosine kinase mediated s...,
How is the cyclical activation of...,
What sort of targets do cdks have
12  cards
Skin cancer
What are the different types of s...,
What are the different causes of ...,
What is the most important wavele...
33  cards
Breast cancer
What is the leading female cancer,
What proportion of cancer deaths ...,
What proportion of women in the u...
54  cards

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