GENES
Activated by direct recognition of tumors or by cytokines from T lymphs
What is Natural Killer Cells?
The sum of exposures such as smoking, infection, UV light, obesity, lack of exercise and unhealthy diet
What are Risk Factors?
These genes are guardians of unregulated cell growth
What are Tumor suppressor?
Specific for prostate issues not prostate cancer
What is PSA?
Critical for the generation of complex multicellular organisms and the development of tumors
What are Stem Cells?
Uncover signature gene expression patterns for specific cancers
What is Microarrays?
Encoded on an oncogene and overexpressed in invasive breast cancer
What is Her2?
Eliminates highly proliferative cells with sub clones but spares dormant cells that can later seed new cancer
What is Chemotherapy?
Germ cell tumors and liver cancer
What is AFP?
These tumors are usually are encapsulated, Grow slowly, Usually are non-spreading, Have minimal mitotic activity, Resemble parent tissue
What is Benign?
Antibodies that specifically target tumor cells
What are Monoclonal?
Aerosols, industrial pollutants, Radiation exposure, and chemical carcinogens
What are Environmental factors?
Also known as gastro-intestinal cancer associated antigen
What is CA19-9?
genes or inactivate tumor suppressor genes
What are Driver?
These tumors usually invade the tissues
What is Malignant?
Seen in Graves’ disease and thyroiditis
What is Thyroglobulin?
This genetic disorder is associated with an increased incidence of leukemia
What is Down Syndrome?
Elevated in smokers
What is CEA?
This marker is elevated in endometriosis, fibroids, cirrhosis, PID, breast/lung/pancreatic cancers, and any inflammation of the peritoneum, pleura, or pericardium
What is CA-125?
Used to monitor metastasis after a mastectomy
What is CA15-3?
Marker for human ovarian carcinoma
What is CA125?
Central regulators of the growth in normal cells
What are Proto oncogenes?
Teratocarcinoma, choriocarcinoma, molar pregnancy, testicular carcinoma, or oat cell cancer of the lung
What is BHCG?
Term used to describe a proliferation of cells that produce a mass instead of a reaction or inflammatory response
What is a Tumor?
Useful in conjunction with other clinical methods for predicting early recurrence of breast cancer
What is Ca 27.29?