Genetics of cancer Flashcards

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Cancer risk factors

A
Age 
Environment + behaviours
Exercise
Infection
Genetics
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What causes lynch syndrome

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Mismatch in Crick-Watson pairs causes a bulge in the DNA which would normally be repaired; but the proteins responsible for this are mutaed

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What is FAP

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Familial adenomatous polyposis

assoc with very high risk of cancer

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