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Virus Module Set 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tumor: | growth or lump of tissue |
| neoplasia: | abnormal new cell growth and reproduction due to loss of regulation |
| anaplasia: | reversion to a more primitive or less differentiated state |
| metastasis: | spread of cancerous cells throughout body |
| carcinogenesis: | complex, multistep process |
| carcinigenesis often involves... | oncogenes |
| oncogenes: | cancer-causing genes |
| many oncogenes involved in... | regulation of cell growth and differentiation |
| carcinogenesis contributed to by | some viruses |
| Epstein-Barr virus causes... | Burkitt’s lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| Hepatitis B virus causes... | liver cancer |
| Hepatitis C virus causes... | liver cancer |
| Human herpesvirus 8 causes... | Kaposi’s sarcoma |
| human papillomavirus causes... | cervical cancer |
| HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 causes... | leukemia |