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50. CANCER CELLS Flashcards

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  1. Do cancer cells exhibit Density-Dependent Inhibition or Anchorage Dependence?
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  • no
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  1. What leads to a clump of overlapping cancer cells forming?
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  • cancer cells continue to divide well beyond a single layer
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  1. What is Transformation?
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  • the process by which a normal cell becomes a cancer cell
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  1. What are three ways in which Cancer cells do not normally respond to the body’s control mechanisms?
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  • they make their own growth factors
  • they have a signalling pathways always ON
  • they have abnormal cell cycle control
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  1. What two kinds of tumours do Cancer Cells form?
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  1. BENIGN TUMOURS:
    • not invasive
    • contained at a particular site
  2. MALIGNANT TUMOURS:
    • invasive
    • they can spread to other organs
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  1. What are Malignant Tumours?
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  • they invade surrounding tissues
  • they export cells to other parts of the body
  • they may form secondary tumours
  • this is known as Metastasising
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  1. What are 6 characteristics of Cancer Cells?
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  1. They resist Cell Death
  2. They sustain Proliferative Signalling
  3. They evade Growth Suppressors
  4. They activate invasion and metastasis
  5. They enable replicative immortality
  6. They induce angiogenesis

ANGIOGENESIS:
- the formation of new blood vessels

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  1. What causes Cancer Cells?
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  • cancer is caused by an accumulation of multiple
    mutations
  • a heterogeneity of tumours
  • diverse physiological pathways and tissue
    specificity
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  1. What is Precision Oncology?
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  • this is the science of using a patient’s genetics to
    create a treatment plan
  • this plan is targeted to the molecular
    characteristics of their cancer
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    Does everything make sense?
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  • yes
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  • yes
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  • yes
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  • yes
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  • yes
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