lec 17

Question 1

peyton rous 1911

Answer 1

made discovery that a virus could cause cancer

Question 2

in 1960 which gene was discovered

Answer 2

src gene that produces the protein leading to tumors

Question 3

t/f cancer causing viruses can be dna or rna viruses

Answer 3

true

Question 4

hpv

Answer 4

a viral infection passed through skin to skin contact

Question 5

genital warts or warts in throat that wont go way

Answer 5

recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

Question 6

t/f the strains of hpv that cause genital warts arent the same as those that cause cancer

Answer 6

true

Question 7

test for hpv in women

Answer 7

pap smear to identify abnormal cells

Question 8

test for hpv in men

Answer 8

there is no fda approved test for diagnosing HPV in men

Question 9

there are no treatment for hpv

Answer 9

true just wait for it to go away

Question 10

types of hpv vaccines

Answer 10

gardasil, gardasil 9, cervarix

Question 11

t/f

Answer 11

hpv vaccine does not protect against all hpv types that cause cancer

Question 12

Should HPV vaccines be given to women who are already infected with HPV or have cervical cell changes?

Answer 12

the vaccine may protect them against high-risk HPV types that they have not yet acquired.