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Decks in this class (15)

1. Cellular pathology of cancer
What is metaplasia,
What changes occur in gastric met...,
What cells appear in intestinal m...
34  cards
2. Oncogenes and tumour suppressors
What are the hallmarks of the can...,
Outline the cell cycle,
What does the permanent activatio...
33  cards
3. Epidemiology of cancer
What is incidence and and does th...,
What are the main cancers to affe...,
What are the 4 biggest killer can...
27  cards
4. The cell cycle and its regulation
Do embryonic or adult cells divid...,
Do more or less complex systems d...,
Use 2 examples to show how the ne...
49  cards
5. Signalling mechanisms in growth and division
What is c myc,
Outline the expression of c myc t...,
What binding protein does a growt...
50  cards
6. DNA damage and repair
What can cause dna damage,
What percentage of cancer is asso...,
Do most chemicals damage dna in t...
40  cards
7. External factors controlling division and behaviour of normal and cancerous cells
What is the term cell behaviour u...,
What external influences do cells...,
What external factors can influen...
42  cards
8. Angiogenesis
What is angiogenesis physiologica...,
What is vasculogenesis,
What is angiogenesis
41  cards
9. Biological basis of cancer therapy
What is the leading cause of canc...,
How is the incidence of cancer se...,
What are the main cancer treatmen...
42  cards
10. Apoptosis
What is necrosis,
What is apoptosis,
What happens during necrosis
42  cards
11. Invasion - regulation of cell migration
What percentage of human tumours ...,
What happens to polarity in tumours,
How do cells pass through the bm
57  cards
12. Breast cancer
What proportion of cancer deaths ...,
How is breast cancer incidence an...,
What type of therapy has the bigg...
62  cards
13. Colorectal cancer
What is the function of the colon,
How fast do the bowel cells turno...,
What is a polyp
34  cards
14. Leukaemia
In what age group is leukaemia th...,
What is lymphoma and myeloma,
What is leukaemia
41  cards
15. Skin cancer
What does the bm separate in the ...,
Which part of the skin do most ca...,
Describe the structure of the epi...
45  cards

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