1-1 (done perman) Flashcards
1
Q
cancer is the # leading cause of death in US
it accounts for % of deaths
A
2nd
25%
2
Q
what’s the 1st leading cause of death
A
heart disease
3
Q
read:
drug dev before and now
observe -> NOW hypothesis
A
-
4
Q
read: prob with GH
long term safety of GH treatment is PRESUMED not proven
A
-
5
Q
what screening test DETECTS cervical dysplasia
A
PAP smear
6
Q
breast cancer 5 year survival rate
A
stage 0: 100%
1: 100%
2: 90%
3: 70%
4: 20%
7
Q
lung cancer death rate DISPARITY
A
men: death rates dropped starting 1990
women: death rates dropped starting 2000
reason: women started smoking later than men
8
Q
what’s the epithelial-mesenchymal transition
A
cells start at epi and move into mesen
process that happens in tumor invasion
9
Q
Transcriptionally inactive chromatin are acetylated or not
A
not (deac)
