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What is Cancer?
How often is someone diagnosed wi...,
How many new cases were diagnosed...,
How often does someone die from c...
56  cards
Biological Hallmarks of Cancer
How many hallmarks of cancer are ...,
What are the 6 main hallmarks,
What are the 2 emerging hallmarks
15  cards
Models of Carcinogenesis
What are 3 assumptions about carc...,
What are 5 different non exclusiv...,
What is the mutational model
25  cards
Introduction to Oncogenes
What are the different stages of ...,
Describe metaphase,
Describe g1 phase
54  cards
Introduction to Tumour Suppressor genes
What do tumour suppressor genes t...,
How do tsgs carry out their function,
Which tsgs carry out dna damage r...
34  cards
Genome Instability
What is genome instability,
How do these genome instability a...,
Does changes caused by genome ins...
30  cards
DNA Damage and Repair
How can dna become damaged,
How can dna become damaged by exo...,
What sort of changes to dna occur
11  cards
Chromosomes, Cancer and the Cancer Genome
What is cancer,
What is the first stage of cancer,
What is the second stage of cancer
32  cards
Inherited Predisposition to Cancer
What are inherited cancer predisp...,
Is inherited cancer predispositio...,
What are the characteristics of c...
19  cards
Viruses and Cancer
What did peyton rous discover,
How did he discover chicken sarco...,
What is rous sarcoma virus
37  cards
Human Papilloma viruses and Cervical cancer
What is cervical cancer,
How many women are diagnosed,
What is the mortality rate of cer...
30  cards
Epstein-Barr virus and Cancer
What is epstein barr virus ebv,
How was ebv discovered,
What are the 3 subfamilies of hhv
34  cards
Signal Transduction and Cancer
What is signal transduction,
What are some general rules of si...,
What are post translational modif...
11  cards
Common Signalling Pathways of Development and Cancer
What causes cancer,
What common processes occur durin...,
How does mis regulation of develo...
18  cards
Cell Cycle and Cancer
What does the cell cycle do,
What are different features in th...,
What are the 4 phases of the cell...
17  cards
Cell Senescence and Cancer
What is cell senescence,
When is cell senescence activated,
What are molecular properties mar...
20  cards
Cell Death
What three basic mechanisms cause...,
What is apoptosis,
What is necrosis
22  cards
Cancer Stem Cells
What is a stem cell,
What is cell differentiation,
What are the 3 types of renewal a...
33  cards
Inflammation and Cancer
What is inflammation,
Which hallmark of cancer does inf...,
Which cells are tumours densely i...
5  cards

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