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Decks in this class (16)

Cancer 1: Cellular pathology of cancer
Define metaplasia,
When does metaplasia occur,
Give examples of metaplasia
51  cards
Cancer 2:Oncogenes and tumour supressor genes
What is the cancer cell phenotype...,
State the cell cycle and the amou...,
How long does the cell cycle occu...
53  cards
Cancer 3: Epidemiology of cancer
What could account for the fact t...,
Why are there higher rates of mel...
2  cards
Cancer 4: The cell cycle and its regulation
What might determine rate of diff...,
How often will intesintal and hep...,
What is terminally divided cell g...
61  cards
Cancer 5: signalling mechanism of growth and division
T f most adult cells are constant...,
What is c myc,
When might c myc increase
63  cards
Cancer 6: DNA damage
How is p53 different to other tum...,
Examples of possible carcinoogens,
Examples of radiation which can c...
49  cards
Cancer 7: External factors controlling division and behaviour
Define cell behaviour,
Which external influences are det...,
What are the important external f...
65  cards
Cancer 8: angiogenesis
Outline the diseases involving in...,
Outline disease inolvign vascular...,
Outline disease involving excessi...
45  cards
Cell cycle tutorial
How does activation of pi 3 kinas...,
What is the action of pkb akt,
How do cell cycle inhibitors like...
10  cards
Cancer 9: Biological basis of cancer therapy
Which old drugs are being looked ...,
What is the most common cause of ...,
What are the 4 pillars of cancer ...
74  cards
Cancer 10: apoptosis
Why is programmed cell death pcd ...,
How is apoptosis important in dev...,
Differentiate necrosis and apoptosis
78  cards
Cancer 11: Invasion
What are the molecular mechanisms...,
What are the steps of tumour prog...,
What is involved in dedifferentia...
65  cards
Cancer 12: Cancer as a disease- Breast Cancer
Leading cause of cancer death in ...,
What is happening to incidence of...,
T f breast cancer is the leading ...
91  cards
Cancer 13: Colorectal Cancer
How common is colorectal cancer,
How deadly is colorectal cancer,
Function of the colon
79  cards
Cancer 14: Leukaemia
Leukaemia epi,
What does leukaemia mean what act...,
Leukaemia results from mutations ...
62  cards
Cancer 15: Skin cancer
Outline the microanatomy of the skin,
Where do most cancers aruse from ...,
Which cells are present in the ep...
73  cards

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