Path 2 Flashcards
1
Q
epithelial - malignant
A
-carcinoma
2
Q
mesenchymal - malignant
A
-sarcoma
3
Q
hamartoma
A
Benign.
Right place, but disorganized.
4
Q
heteropia/choristoma
A
benign
wrong place
ectopic rest of normal tissue
5
Q
incidence of cancers in children
A
1) leukemia
2) brain
3) lymphoma
6
Q
tumor suppressor genes
A
Rb - retinoblastoma, sarcoma p53 - many BRCA - breast, prostate, ovarian APC - colon NF1 - neurofibromas
7
Q
proto-oncogenes
A
abl ras HER2 EGFR c-myc bcl-2
8
Q
Rb
A
TSG
retinoblastoma, sarcomas
9
Q
BRCA
A
TSG
breast, prostate, ovarian
10
Q
p53
A
TSG
many common cancers
11
Q
APC
A
TSG
colon cancer
12
Q
NF1
A
TSG
neurofibromas
13
Q
abl
A
proto-oncogene
CML
14
Q
ras
A
proto-oncogene
colon
15
Q
HER2
A
proto-oncogene
breast, ovarian, gastric