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Virus Module Set 8
Question | Answer |
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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 |