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Lecture 1 - What is Cancer?
What is cancer,
Is cancer contagious,
Where does cancer originate from
31  cards
Lecture 2 - Cancer and Environmental Factors
What did a study looking at a can...,
What proportion of cancer deaths ...,
What did the study looking at jap...
24  cards
Lecture 3 - Tumour Biology - The Nature of Cancer
What is matastasis what is invasion,
What are the 5 mechanisms respons...,
Describe the processes in detachm...
14  cards
Lecture 4 - Cell Signalling and Cancer
What is intracellular singalling,
Communication between cells control,
Signal molecules bind to specific...
34  cards
Lecture 5 - Oncogenes
What did peyton ross discover in ...,
What are the 2 types of tumour re...,
Briefly describe the lifecycle of...
25  cards
Lecture 6 - Viruses and Cancer
Briefly describe the characterist...,
Give examples of some viruses bac...,
What is the relationship between ...
16  cards
Lecture 7 - CML: From Chromosomes to Targeted Therapy
Is cml a rare or common cancer wh...,
What is semiotics,
What is the typical clinical pres...
20  cards
Lecture 8 - Tumour Supressor Genes NOT FINISHED
What are the two places where mut...,
What are the characteristics of t...,
Describe the differences between ...
8  cards
Lecture 9 - Tumour Supressor Genes in Human Cancers
0  cards
Lecture 10 - The Pathology of Cancer: Classifications of Neoplasms
Why is an understanding of cancer...,
What is the definition of neoplasia,
In what four ways can neoplasms b...
25  cards
Lecture 11 - Role of Pathology in Diagnosis and Management of Neoplastic Disease
What does a pathologist do,
A knowledge of pathology helps to...,
What 4 things are involved in the...
26  cards
Pathology: Clinical Cases - Kidney and Colorectal
0  cards
Lecture 12 - Reprogramming Energy Metabolism in Cancer NOT FINISHED
Metabolic transformation is requi...,
What nutrients can be used to gen...,
What is the warburg effect
13  cards
Lecture 13 - Tumour Immunology
Can the immune system protect the...,
Explain the mice model experiment...,
Explain the mice model experiment...
25  cards
Lecture 14 - Maintenance of Genomic Integrity
How what 3 ways can dna damage occur,
What are the 5 major types of dna...,
Name types of dna damage
30  cards
Lecture 15 - Anatomy of Cancer
0  cards
Lecture 16 - Cancer Screening and Prevention
What is screening,
What are the necessary prerequisi...,
What are the characteristics of d...
19  cards
Lecture 17 - How do you know that a treatment works? NOT FINISHED
What are the current cancer treat...,
What are the objectives of these ...,
What is another name for treatmen...
10  cards
Lecture 18 - Hormones and Cancer
What are the 3 most hormone respo...,
What are the risk factors for bre...,
What did beaston show in 1896
38  cards
Lecture 19 - Breast Cancer
What 4 3s do i need to know for t...,
Describe the incidence of breast ...,
What is the trend in incidence an...
31  cards
Lecture 20 - Introduction fo Radiotherapy and Radiobiology NOT FINISHED
What are the 5rs of radiobiology,
Describe repair,
Describe repopulation
9  cards
Lecture 21 - Introduction to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer
0  cards
Lecture 22 - Chemotherapy - Mechanisms of Action NOT FINISHED
What are the possible uses for ch...,
What is meant by dose escalation ...,
What properties of malignant cell...
29  cards
Lecture 23 - Tumour Microenvironment NOT FINISHED
What is meant by the tumour micro...
1  cards
Lecture 24 - Cancer as a Chronic Disease
0  cards
eBook Chapter 1 - Introduction
Define a neoplasm,
What are the two types of neoplas...,
What are the two basic components...
19  cards
eBook Chapter 2 - Tumour Biology
What are the 4 properties of a ma...,
Malignant is associated with the ...,
What are the 6 steps of the metas...
8  cards
eBook Chapter 3 - Cell Signalling & Cancer
Define intracellular signalling,
Cancer cells are capable of susta...,
What are the maim pathways and wh...
6  cards
eBook Chapter 4 - Oncogenes
Many oncogenes were indendified b...,
What two groups can retroviruses ...,
Give a summary of the lifecycle o...
5  cards
eBook Chapter 5 - Viruses and Human Cancer
0  cards
eBook Chapter 6 - Tumour Suppressor Genes
Describe briefly the characterist...,
What is the function of prb in no...,
How is prb regulated
9  cards
eBook Chapter 7 - Pathology of Cancer
Why is cancer pathology important,
In what four ways can we classify...,
Describe how we classify tumours ...
17  cards
eBook Chapter 8 - Energy Metabolism in Cancer
Describe the major differences be...,
Describe the features of glycolysis,
Describe the features of the tca ...
11  cards
eBook Chapter 9 - Tumour Immunology
0  cards
eBook Chapter 10 - Genomic Integrity
0  cards
Anatomy: Breast Cancer
What are the 2 premalignant lesio...,
What are the 3 invasive types of ...,
What are the 4 molecular subtypes...
7  cards
Anatomy: Colorectal Cancer
0  cards
Anatomy: Pancreatic Cancer
0  cards
Anatomy: Ovarian Cancer
0  cards

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