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tumor genes and such Flashcards

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astrocytoma

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PDGF, overexpression and autocrine loop,

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subset of breast carincoma

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egfr or receptor tyrosine kinase, amplification,

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men 2a, 2b, sporadic medullary thyroid cancer

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RET, egfr or receptor tyrosine kinase, point mutation

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GIST

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kit, stem cell growth factor receptor or cytokine recetpro, point mutation

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RAS

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gtp binding protein or gtpase, colon cancer, lung adenocarcinoma, pancreatic cancer, carcinomas, melanomas, lymphomas

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CML and some types of ALL

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BCR ABL 922

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lung small cell carcinoma

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L-myc, transcription factor, amplification

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burkitt lymphoma

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c-myc, trascritiopn factor, 8 14 heavy chain igh

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neuroblastoma

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n myc, amplificatino, transcription factor

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mantle cell lymphoma

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11 14 (CCND1, cyclind1, cyclin)

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melanoma

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cdk4, amplification, BRAF too

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lung adenocarincoma

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ALK, receptor tyrosine kinase,

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follicular lymphoma

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bcl2

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14
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diffuse large b cell lymphoma

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bcl2

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15
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pappilary thyroid cancer

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BRAF

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chronic myeloproliferative disorders

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JAK2, tyrosine kinase,

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colorectal cancer (FAP)

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APC, negative regulator of the b catenin/wnt pathway

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breast ovarian and pancreatice cancer

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BRCA1/BRCA2, dna repaire protein

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melanoma, pancreatice cancer

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p16, blocks g1 to s phase

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DCC

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colon cancer

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DPC

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deleted in pancreatic cancer, dpc4/smad4

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men 1

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menin men 1

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NF1

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NF1, neurofibromin which is a RAS activating GTPase

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NF2

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merline (schwannomin) protein

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li fraumeni tumors

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SBLA, sarcoma, breast, leukemia, adrenal gland

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tuberour sclerosis

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TSC1 -> hamartin protein, TSC2 -> tuberin protein

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von hippal lndaue disease

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VHL, inhibits hypoxia inducible factor 1a, causes increased vegf and pro;iferation

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wilms tumor (nephoblastoma)

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WT1, transcription factor that regulates urogenital development

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aflatoxins

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aspergillus, stored rice and grains, africa, hepatocellular carcinoma

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akylating agents

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leukemia/lymphoma from cehmotherapy side effects 5-10 yrs down road

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alcohol

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squamous cell carcinoma of oropharynxy and esophagus and heptocellular carcinoma

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arsenic

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skin (sqamous cell carcionoma, women applied to their skin to make lighter), lung cancer (in smoke), and liver angiosarcoma

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asbestosis

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bronchogenic carcinoma > mesothelioma

34
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cigareete smoke

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bladder -> transitional cell carcionma
cervix -> cervical carcionma
esophagus -> squamous cell carcinoma/adenocarcinoma
kidney -> renal cell carcionoma
larynx -> squamous cell carcinoma
lung -> squamous cell and small cell carcinoma
pancrease -> pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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nitrosamines

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smoked foods, responsible for gastric adenocarincomas in japan

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aromatic amines (benzidine, 2-naphthylamine)

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cig smoke, urothehlial cell carcionoma of bladder

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vinly chloride

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liver angiosarcoma, occupation exposure, used ot make PVC

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nickel, chromium, berylium, or silica

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lung carincoma form occupational exposure

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CCL4

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centrilobular necorisis and fatty change

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ionizing radiation

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pappillary thyroid caricnoma, aml, cml

generates hydroxyl free radicals

41
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radon

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lung cancer

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EBV

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burkitt lympphoma, hoddking lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, primary cns lymphoma in immnocompromised

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HBV, HCV

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hepatocellular carcinoma

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HHV8

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kaposi sarcoma

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hpv

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cervical and penile/anal carcionoma (16 18) and head and neck cancers, vulva, vagina

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h pylori

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gastric adenocarcinoma and malt lymphoma

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htlv1

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adult t cell leukemia/lymphoma

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liver fluke (clnorcchis sinensis)

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cholnagiocarcinoma

49
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schistosoma hematobium

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bladder cancer (squamous cell)

50
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nonionizing (uvb sunlight is most common)

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basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma of the skin

results in formation of pyrimidine dimers and DNA which are normall excised by restriction endonuclease

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