Cancer

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Uncontrolled Growth of Cells

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Cancer

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Forms a solid mass or tumor in the other areas of the body

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Neoplasms

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Called Formation of Tumor

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Tumorigenesis

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Called spreading of tumor

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Metastasis

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Tumors can form due to:

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1. Activation of growth factors and oncogenes

2. In combination with apoptosis, tumor suppressor and cell cycle regulation genes

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Tumor in which it remain within the tissue

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In situ cancer

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Tumor in which it invade nearby tissues

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Invasive cancer

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Tumor marker can be formed from

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The tumor itself or the host in response to tumor

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Formation of new blood vessels

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Angiogenesis

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Programmed Cell Death

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Apoptosis

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Biochemical Events of Apoptosis

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Blebbing, cell shrinkage, nuclear fragmentation, chromatin condensation, chromosomal DNA fragmentation, and global mRNA decay

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Increased invasion of cancer cells

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Tumor progression

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Once accumulated and mutated, there is increased invasion during tumor progression thus leads to

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Angiogenesis

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Apoptosis results when

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Cytoskeleton (proteases) and DNA (endonuclease) break down

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The nucleus of the dying cell becomes deeply

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Basophilic

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Chromosome duplication occurs in what phase

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S Phase

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Mitosis occurs in what phase

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Mitosis Phase or M Phase

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G1 is located where

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Before S Phase

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G2 is located where

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After S Phase, before M Phase

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Uncontrolled tissue growth

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Neoplasm

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Malignant is

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Cancerous

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Benign is

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Non cancerous

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Encodes a protein that promotes uncontrolled cell growth

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Oncogene

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Doctor of cancer

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Oncologist

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Encodes protein involved in protecting cells

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Tumor Suppressor Gene

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Function of Tumor Suppressor Gene

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Either repress cell cycle or promote apoptosis

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How Cancer Progresses (5 steps)

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Proliferation Transformation Invasion Metastasis and Vascularization

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Factors for Cancer Severity

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Tumor Size
Extent of invasion
Lymph node involvement
Metastasis
Histologic Assessments

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Stage I

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Localized primary tumor

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Stage Ii

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Invasion of primary tumor through epithelium and into blood vessels

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Stage III

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Migration of tumor into regional lymph nodes

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Stage IV

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Metastasis and Invasion of Tumor to Distant Cells

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Ideal Tumor Marker (3)

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Tumor specific
Absent in healthy individuals
Readily detectable in body fluids

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All tumor markers can be detected from the blood or sample when individual is symptomatic except for

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PSA

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Useful role of tumor markers

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Monitoring Effectiveness of Therapy and Disease Recurrence

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6 months after therapy, tumor marker is still increased

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Relapse or Recurrence of Cancer