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Semester 5 -Biology of Cancer

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By: Matt Quinn
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Decks in this class (10)

Session 1 - General Overview (Updated & Accurate)
What are three distinguishing fea...,
What is metastasis,
What differentiates benign from m...
43  cards
Session 2 - Growth Factors and Receptors
Give two main forms of extra cell...,
Give three methods of extracellul...,
What is endocrine
35  cards
Session 2 - Invasion and metastasis
Define invasion,
Define metastasis,
What do benign tumours do instead...
51  cards
Session 3 - Oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes
What is a universal truth of canc...,
Give five possible types of mutat...,
Name three oncogenes which can be...
57  cards
Session 5 - Melanoma
What are the five hallmarks of ca...,
What are melanocytes,
Where are melanocytes most common...
37  cards
Session 5 - Radiotherapy
What is a major issue with radiat...,
Give two local controls used in c...,
Give two systemic controls used i...
30  cards
Session 6 - Role of the Laboratory in Diagnosis
Why is it important that the labo...,
What is sent to the histopathologist,
Give methods of collecting sample...
25  cards
Session 7 - Cancer and the Cell Cycle
What are four different ways in w...,
What cancers spread via lymphatics,
What cancers spread via the blood
31  cards
Session 4 - Molecular Biology of Leukaemia and Lymphoma
Outline the process of normal b c...,
What process happens to b cell in...,
What is somatic hyper mutation wh...
45  cards
Session 7 - The real cell cycle
Outline the stages of cell cycle,
What are the three main checkpoin...,
How can we detect the phases of t...
34  cards

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