Cancer Genetics Flashcards
Topics

What is Cancer?

Cancer Treatment Types

Cancer Screening

Constitutional Cancer Symptoms

Other Symptoms

Complex Traits

Sporadic Mutations

Familial Mutations

Hereditary

Frequency of Sporadic vs. Familial vs. Hereditary

Indications of Family Cancer Syndromes

Tumor Supressor Genes and Loss of Heterozygosity

James Bond Model for Cancer

Knudson Hypothesis









LiFraumani Syndrome and the Function of P53



Cause of Retinoblastoma and function of RB1

CDK, RB, and E2F Interplay

Cause of Hereditary Breast Cancer

Function of BRCA1 and 2

PARP-1 Inhibitors

Cause of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

Interplay of Beta Catenin and APC

Mutations Downstream from APC

Cause of Wilms Tumor and WT1



Cause of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and role of underlying gene

What is the most Common Form of Skin Cancer in the US

Most Common Form of Skin Cancer

Role of Patched

Role of SMO

Interplay of PTCH and SMO in Normal Cells

Stimilation of Proliferation in Normal Cells

What happens when PTCH Mutates?

Familial Mutation of PTCH

Targeted Therapy

Cause of Familial Melanoma and it’s underlying Gene

Role of P14

Malignant Melanoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma
