Final: Cancer Flashcards
1
Q
2 classifications of cancer
A
Non blood cell (solid tumors)
Blood cell cancers
2
Q
2 types of solid tumors
A
Carcinomas
Sarcomas
3
Q
2 types of blood cell cancers
A
Leukemias
Lymphomas
4
Q
Cancers classified whether they are ___ or ___
A
Spontaneous or virus associated
5
Q
___ cancer classification MC (exposure over time)
A
Spontaneous
6
Q
Virus associated cancers
A
Infection linked to cancer
Accelerate progression of cancer
7
Q
HPV linked to
A
STI (cervix cancer)
8
Q
Hep B linked to
A
Liver cancer
9
Q
Epstein Barr virus linked to
A
Burkitt’s lymphoma
10
Q
Herpes virus linked to
A
Kaposi’s sarcoma
11
Q
HTLV linked to
A
Leukemia
12
Q
Possible causes of spontaneous cancer
A
Chemicals
Radiation
Diet
Metabolism
13
Q
Characteristics of cancer
A
- not inherited
- changes in DNA of cell during lifetime of affected individual
- accumulation of multiple events
- proliferate and produce malignant tumors
- metastasis
- rare at cellular level
- loss of balance between division, differentiation, and cell death
