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Decks in this class (14)

Week 1: Intro & review
Name the three types of breast bi...,
Characteristics of benign tumors,
Immunohistochemistry use in cancer
11  cards
Week 2: Hereditary cancer risk
What is absolute risk,
What is relative risk,
What is odds ratio
6  cards
Week 5: Hereditary colon cancer syndromes
Differentiate polyposis from nonp...,
Prevalence and inheritance for ly...,
Which syndrome is the most common...
48  cards
Week 4: GI Cancer
Cancer in the mouth esophagus pha...,
T f there is many forms of inheri...,
How common are gallbladder and sm...
48  cards
Week 3: Cancer disparities
Name some disparities in heredita...,
Name some factors that contribute...,
Ways to overcome and do better fo...
3  cards
Week 6: Hereditary renal tumor syndromes
What are the primary functions of...,
Most kidney cancer occurs in what...,
T f cancer in the medulla of the ...
52  cards
Week 6: Endocrine tumors
Neuroendocrine tumors arise from ...,
What does it mean if a neuroendoc...,
What does it mean if a neuroendoc...
29  cards
Week 6: Prostate cancer
What is the median age of dx for ...,
Brief overview info about the pro...,
What is benign prostatic hyperpla...
20  cards
Week 7: Hereditary hematologic malignancies
What are some factors that can co...,
List some family history red flag...,
The more homogenous the diagnoses...
16  cards
Week 9: Breast cancer
Testing criteria indications for ...,
Hboc genes inheritance incidence,
What is a common therapy used for...
58  cards
Week 10: more breast cancer and risk assessment
What is the purpose of risk asses...,
How does race and ethnicity play ...,
Compare the relative risk for bre...
18  cards
Week 11: Gynecologic malignancies
Name risk factors for endometrial...,
Describe the diagnosis and screen...,
Name the three subtypes of endome...
14  cards
Week 13: Tumor profiling and testing
What is the goal of molecular tum...,
T f solid tumor testing can repla...,
Info about solid tumor testing
9  cards
Week 12: Rare syndromes
Bloom syndrome gene inheritance c...,
Name the most common cancers seen...,
Tsc genes inheritance major cance...
6  cards

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