Cancer Origins
This type of cancer arises from epithelial tissue cells?
What are Carcinomas.
Normal cellular proliferation
What is Proto-oncogenes (RAS, Myc)?
A low level of white blood cells in the blood, which can interfere with the ability to fight infection
What is leukopenia?
The 5-year survival rate for a patient with:
Metastases to regional lymph node
What is 20% to 55% (Duke's C)?
having a disease or a symptom of diease
What is morbidity?
Benign Vs Malignant
Chondroma
What is benign cartilage?
Unlimited cell division and proliferation
What is telomerase?
gastric carcinoma
What is helicobacter pylori?
Grade that defines poorly differentiated cells
What is grade 3?
percentage affected with a disease
What is prevalance?
New growth of uncontrolled cells not under physiological condition
What is neoplasia?
Avoiding immune destruction
Sustaining proliferation signaling
Evading growth suppressors
Resisting cell death
Inducing angiogensis
What are the mechanisms that cause cell proliferation?
weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic illness
What is cachexia?
The WHO system uses the TNM system to stage Cancer, a lesion that is 2-5 cm in size would be described as
What is T2?
the study of the factors affecting cancer as a way to infer possible trends and causes
What is cancer epidemiology?
Preinvasive epithelial
malignant tumors
What is Carcinoma in situ (CIS)?
Provides "damage" control to prevent uncontrolled growth.
What are Guardian tumor suppressor genes?
An objective clinical finding that is elicited by physician.
What is a sign?
This treatment involves using drugs that kill malignant cells and prevent spread?
What is chemotherapy?
occupational hazards
lack of fiber
lack of physical activity
reproduction
overweight
Benign Vs Malignant
Many undifferentiated cells
What is malignant tumors?
Growth of new vessels (VEGF)
What is angiogenesis?
A patient presents with low platelet levels
Stage This!!
Local invasion
What is Stage II?
#1 diagnosed cancer in females
What is breast cancer?
Benign Vs Malignant
Squamaous cell carcinoma
What is malignant tumor?
Use of glycolysis under normal oxygen conditions (aerobic glycolysis)
What is the Warburg effect?
"How bad does the cell look"
What is grading?
This treatment involves activation of the human immune system?
What is immunotherapy?
Cancer that causes highest mortality
What is lung cancer?