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1
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Describe the Warburg effect?

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Excessive glycolysis in the presence of oxygen

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What are agonists of HER1/2?

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EGF - epidermal growth factor

TGFα - transforming growth factor

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Do carcinomas have mesenchymal or epithelial origin?

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Epithelial

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What are the pathways of spread for metastasis?

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Direct seeding of body cavities/surfaces

Lymphatic system

Vascular system

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Src signaling regulates what?

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Cytoskeleton

Cell migration

Adhesion

Invasion

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What underlying cancers can cause hypoglycemia as a paraneoplastic syndrome. Why?

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Ovarian carcinoma

Fibrosarcoma

Mesenchymal sarcomas

Produce insulin or insulin-like substance; induces glucose uptake

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What is the function of p53?

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Inhibit cell cycle progression to allow DNA repair

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What type of gene promotes proliferation and inhibit cell death?

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Oncogenes

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9
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Describe the TNM system.

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Numbers are assigned to each characteristic based on a scale for individual cancers

T = tumor size

N = lymph node metastases

M = other metastases

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In the epithelium, when dysplasia breaches the basement membrane it is considered ____.

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Invasive

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Metaplasia refers to ____.

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Replacement of one cell type to another; associated with tissue damage, repair, and regeneration

Ex: Barrett’s Esophagus

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What are some of the local effects of a cancerous tumor?

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Affect function of vital tissue by pressure, obstruction, or infection

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13
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Solid tumors cannot be more than ______ in diameter without angiogenesis, as it is the diffusion limit

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1-2 mm

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14
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Where are you most likely to see metastasis via direct seeding?

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Peritoneal

Any spaces (including joints and subarachnoid)

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A sarcoma has _____ stroma and is considered _____.

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little

“fleshy”

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16
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Grading of a tumor is determined by?

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Cytology

Ex: Pap Smear

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17
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The transition between what two phases of the cell cycle is disrupted in most cancers?

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G1 to S phase

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18
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Under hypoxic conditions, Src signaling promotes what?

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Angiogenesis

(VEGF, MMPs, IL8)

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19
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Myc controls _____% of all mammalian genes.

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10-15%

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20
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Does grading or staging have greater clinical value?

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Staging

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21
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What is a teratoma?

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Tumor derived from totipotent cells; mixture of adult tissue types

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What are the ways cancer cells evade the immune system?

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Antigen loss

HLA mutations (histone compatibility)

Produce immune inhibitors

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23
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Stroma refers to what in cancer.

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Supportive tissue

ex: connective tissue, blood vessels, lymphatics

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24
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Mutations in BRCA1/2 are associated with?

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Inherited breast cancer susceptibility

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What is a leiomyoma? Is it highly differentiated or does it lack differentiation?

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Benign smooth muscle tumor of the uterine wall

Highly differentiated

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Does parenchyma or stroma determine tumor behavior?

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Parenchyma

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27
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What cancer is associated with overactivation of HER1/2?

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Breast cancer

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28
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Is a papilloma mesenchymal or epithelial in origin?

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Epithelial

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29
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Is a fibroma mesenchymal or epithelial in origin?

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Mesenchymal

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30
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Is a leiomyoma mesenchymal or epithelial in origin?

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Mesenchymal

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31
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The likelihood of metastasis increases due to what cellular factors?

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Lack of differentiation

Aggressive local invasion

Rapid growth

Large size

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32
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What extracellular stimuli activate Myc?

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Growth factors

Cytokines

Cell adhesion

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33
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What enzymes does Rb interact with?

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Chromatin remodeling enzymes; has significant impact on global gene expression

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34
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Does stroma affect parenchymal behavior or does parenchymal affect stroma behavior?

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Stroma affects parenchymal behavior

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35
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HIF1α induces VEGF, which leads to?

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Angiogenesis

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36
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The following are all characteristics of what class of tumor?

Pleomorphism

Abnormal nuclear morphology

Irregular and increased mitoses

Loss of polarity

Central ischemic necrosis

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Anaplastic

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37
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What glycolytic enzyme is activated by HIF1α?

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Hexokinase 2 (HK2)

Responsible for initiating glycolysis by phosphorylating glucose into glucose-6-phosphate

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Pleomorphism refers to _____?

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Variations in size and shape of cells

Ex: tumor giant cells in a Rhabdomyosarcoma (malignant tumor of skeletal muscle)

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Pathological staging of a tumor is determined by?

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Biopsies

Clinical staging information

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40
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Do carcinomas originate from endoderm, mesoderm, or ectoderm?

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Any of them

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41
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What is the function of cyclins?

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Activate cyclin-depending kinases (Cdks) at specific points in the cell cycle

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42
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What cancer is linked to exposure to Aflatoxin B1?

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

43
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What is the normal function of BRCA1/2?

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Act as mediators of double-stranded break (DSB) repair

Replication fork collapse recovery

44
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Is a cystadenoma mesenchymal or epithelial in origin?

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Epithelial

45
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What is are paraneoplastic syndromes?

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Cancer patients that have symptoms unrelated to an existing tumor that cannot be explained by new pathology and is not due to systemic effects of hormones or inflammation

46
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What is the hallmark characteristic of a papilloma?

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Fingerlike projections, either micro or macroscopic

47
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What are the potential fates of double-stranded DNA repair? (4)

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Repaired directly

p53-mediated pathways

Apoptosis

Senesce

48
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Mesenchymal tumors are derived from?

49
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What is the most common pathway for spread of carcinomas?

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lymphatic system

50
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Are veins or arteries more likely to be penetrated by a metastasis?

51
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Clinical staging of a tumor is determined by?

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Physical exam

Imaging

Lab tests

52
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How is Rb regulated in the cell?

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Inhibited by hyperphosphorylation by cyclin/CDK complexes; allows for cell cycle progression

53
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How does p53 activate?

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Complexes with PIDD to form PIDDosome

54
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Glycolytic enzymes are expressed at ____ rates in cancer cells.

55
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What are the three main stages of carcinogenesis?

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  1. Initiation/priming
  2. Permanent DNA damage
  3. Additional promoter mutations
56
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What is the consequence of acute exposure to Aflatoxin B1 at high levels or exposure in children?

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Hepatic necrosis

57
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Anaplasia refers to ____.

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Lack of differentiation

58
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Is a chondroma mesenchymal or epithelial in origin?

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Mesenchymal

59
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Breast cancer can be induced by what hormone?

60
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How does merlin act on the cell membrane and the nucleus?

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Membrane: inhibits RTKs and integrins

Nucleus: inhibits E3 ubiquitin ligase

61
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What extracellular stimuli inhibit Myc?

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Contact-inhibition

TGFβ

Differentiation

62
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How does Aflatoxin B1 act on a cell?

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Causes characteristic mutation on Ser249 of p53

63
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Parenchyma refers to ____ in cancer.

A

The cancer cells themselves

64
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What must occur in order for Myc to bind to DNA?

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It must complex with another protein (Max)

65
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Anaplasia is a hallmark of ____.

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Malignancy

66
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When a tumor is more differentiated, does that generally indicate a better or worse prognosis?

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Better prognosis

67
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An adenoma is a tumor of?

68
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What does cyclin D1 mediate?

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G1 to S phase transition

69
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What kind of gene inhibits proliferation and promotes cell death?

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Tumor suppressor genes

70
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Mutations in cyclin D1 can result in what?

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Inappropriate entry into S phase

71
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What is the function of Rb?

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Inhibits cell cycle progression and differentiation by interacting with transcription factors

72
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BRCA2 acts in?

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Homologous recombination

73
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HIF1α counteracts the activity of what protein? How?

A

Myc

Blocks or displaces it due to overlapping recognition sequences

74
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What are the three types of staging of a tumor?

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Clinical

Pathological

Restaging

75
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Staging of a tumor is based on?

A

Location of primary tumor

Tumor size

Lymph node spread (local v. regional)

Distant metastases

76
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What is Max?

A

Myc-associated protein X

FOrms a heterodimer with Myc so it can bind to DNA

77
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Is a polyp mesenchymal or epithelial in origin?

A

epithelial

78
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Staging of a tumor can be determined by?

A

Surgery or imaging

79
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What is Aflatoxic B1?

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Carcinogen produced by Aspergillus (mold that grows on nuts)

80
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What is VHL? Function?

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Von Hippel Lindau protein

Ubiquitin ligase that targets HIF1α for destruction

81
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What type of abnormal nuclear morphology would you expect to see in an anaplastic tumor?

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Unusually large for the cell with variable and irregular shape

Coarse, clumped chromatin that may be hyperchromatic

Abnormally large nucleoli

82
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Prostate cancer is dependent on what hormones?

83
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What is Myc?

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An oncogenic transcription factor that serves as an intracellular sensor and transducer of extracellular stimuli

84
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Are adenomas mesenchymal or epithelial in origin?

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Epithelial

85
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Does Ras signaling promote proliferation or inhibit proliferation?

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Promotes proliferation

86
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In the epithelium, when dysplasia is contained by the basement membrane, it is referred to as ______.

A

Carcinoma In situ

87
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What is the consequence of chronic low level exposure to Aflatoxin B1?

A

Hepatocellular carcinoma

88
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HER1/2 genes code for what protein?

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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)

89
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What are some of the normal functions of Myc?

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Cell survival

Cell cycle progression

Cell adhesion

Energy production

Protein biosynthesis

Nucleotide and Amino acid metabolism

90
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What causes p53 to activate?

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Genotoxic stress due to double-stranded DNA breaks

91
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Do sarcomas have a mesenchymal or epithelial origin?

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Mesenchymal

92
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What is the protein product of the NF2 gene? What is its function?

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Merlin

Inhibits proliferation and survival

93
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What type of receptor is EGFR?

A

Receptor tyrosine kinase

94
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What is a mixed tumor?

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Divergent differentiation of a neoplastic clone of the SAME germ layer

Ex: mixed tumor of the salivary gland can have epithelial components in the stroma as well as islands of cartilage or bone

95
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What is the most common pathway for spread of sarcomas?

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Vascular system

96
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What is HIF1α? Function?

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Hypoxia-inducible factor

Dimerizes with HIF1β and acts as a transcription factor for survival proteins; especially glycolytic proteins

97
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Dysplasia refers to _____.

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Disordered growth; loss of cellular uniformity and normal organization of tissue

98
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What protein is mutated in pheochromocytomas (tumor of the adrenal glands)

99
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Grading of a tumor assumes that what two aspects of it are related?

A

Behavior and differentiation

100
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What is cachexia? Symptoms?

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Progressive loss of both fat and lean tissue, typically from cancer

Profound weakness, anorexia, anemia

101
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Dysplasia is a precursor to ____.

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Malignancy, but does not always lead to cancer.

102
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BRCA1 acts in?

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Checkpoint activation and DNA repair

103
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What enzyme of the citric acid cycle is activated by HIF1α?

A

Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase

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