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Biology of Cancer

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Decks in this class (12)

1) Oncogenes and Signalling
What are the function of proto on...,
Give examples of mutations to dna,
How can viruses mutate dna
19  cards
2) Tumour Suppressors
What are the roles of tumour supp...,
How did knudson realise the two h...,
What are some mechanisms for loss...
23  cards
3) Carcinogenesis
What proportion of people will ge...,
What proportion of people will di...,
Why is the incidence of cancer in...
24  cards
4) Cell Cycle
What are the stages of the cell c...,
Describe the changes to dna conte...,
Describe the function of cdks
23  cards
6) Laboratory Diagnosis of Cancer
Why is histology important in can...,
How can tissue samples be taken f...,
What are the types of cytology gi...
22  cards
7) Biomarkers
What is a cancer biomarker,
What are the uses of cancer bioma...,
What are some different types of ...
29  cards
8) Invasion and Metastasis
What are the hallmarks of cancer,
Describe colon carcinogenesis,
Describe the route to metastasis ...
17  cards
9) Radiotherapy
How is radiotherapy currently use...,
What are the different types of r...,
What are the advantages of using ...
24  cards
10) Chemotherapy
What are the different levels of ...,
What are some options for chemoth...,
When is chemotherapy used as radi...
29  cards
11) Chemoprevention
What is chemo therapeutic prevention,
What are the features of the idea...,
What is primary prevention
24  cards
12) Cancer Heterogeneity
How has next generation sequencin...,
What can whole genome sequencing ...,
What are the benefits of exome se...
17  cards
13) Molecular Biology of Lymphoma
Describe the epidemiology of haem...,
Differentiate between sporadic an...,
Describe the translocation in the...
16  cards

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