Cancer Flashcards
1
Q
What is cancer?
A
Genetic disease of somatic cells
2
Q
Are somatic mutations heritable or non-heritable?
A
non-heritable
3
Q
Are germline mutations heritable or non-heritable?
A
heritable
4
Q
What is a benign tumor?
A
A non-cancerous tumor
5
Q
What is a malignant tumor?
A
A cancerous tumor
6
Q
What is the name of the most common eye tumor in children?
A
Reinoblastoma
7
Q
What genes is the 2-hit hypothesis linked to?
A
Tumor-suppressor genes
8
Q
What do oncogenes do?
A
Accelerate cell division
9
Q
What is the main risk factor for cancer?
A
Ageing
10
Q
What is there a high chance of with a FAP mutation?
A
Bowel cancer
