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Duke PA pathology

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What some examples of pre-neoplastic disorders?   cirrhosis, HPV, UC  
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What are some factors that affect cancer risk?   tobacco smoke, asbestos, radiation exposure, alcohol abuse  
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How do genetics affect cancer risk?   cancer results from non-lethal genetic damage  
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Genetic hypothesis of cancer   tumor arises from clonal expansion of the damaged cell  
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More on genetic hypothesis of cancer   prediction that tumors have a monoclonal origin has been confirmed experimentally  
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carcinogenesis - molecular basis of cancer   a multistep process at both phenotypic and genetic levels  
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tumor progression   progressive acquisition of mutations leading to malignancy or metastasis  
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initiators   stimulate mutation  
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promoters   stimulate cell division  
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Damage to growth-promoting proto-oncogenes can result in what?   cancer  
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Damage to growth-inhibiting tumor suppressor genes can cause what?   cancer  
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Damage to genes that regulate cell death can cause what?   cancer  
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Damage to genes that affect DNA repair can cause what?   cancer  
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What is needed for cancer to allow unlimited cell division?   activation of telomerase  
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oncogenes   cancer-causing genes, drived from proto-oncogenes  
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Proto-oncogenes   cellular genes that control normal growth and differentiation  
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insertional metagenesis   retroviral promoter insertion near gene dysregulates its expression  
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What can activates oncogenes?   insertional mutagenesis, point mutation, amplification, chromosomal translocation  
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mutation of ras oncogene   mutant ras is always on  
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Where is ras anchored?   cytoplasmic domain of growth factor receptors via a lipid group  
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What prevent addition of the lipid group, preventing ras localization?   inhibitors of farnesyl transferase  
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What does translocation do to proto-oncogenes?   places expression of protooncogenes under control of highly active promoters  
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What is the result of translocation?   formation of hybrid genes that encode growth-promoting chimeric proteins  
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What gene does translocation occur in with Burkitt's lymphoma?   c-myc  
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Are coding regions changed in Burkitt's lymphoma?   they are unchanged  
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Over-expression due to translocation in mantle cell lymphoma   cyclin D1 gene placed adjacent to IgH locus  
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Over-expression due to translocation in follicular lymphoma   bcl-2 gene placed adjacent to IgH locus  
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Tumor suppressor genes   products of these genes regulate cell growth (usually negatively)  
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What has to happen to tumor suppressor genes for cancer to take over?   both copies of the gene have to inactivated - "recessive" cancer gene  
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What are the functions of tumor suppressor gene products?   regulate the cell cycle, regulate nuclear transcription, cell surface receptors  
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What is the purpose of cell surface receptors?   growth inhibition, adhesion  
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What does tumor growth depend on?   balance between cell growth and cell death  
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What does dysregulation of apoptosis allow?   accumulation of mutations that would otherwise by lethal  
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What is an example of dysregulation of apoptosis?   bcl-2 overexpression in lymphoma  
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genes that regulate DNA repair   mismatch repair genes  
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Are mutations in DNA repair genes oncogenic in and of themselves?   no  
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What do mutations in DNA repair genes allow?   allow mutations to occur in other genes during normal cell division  
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Can mutation of one gene transform cells?   no - every human cancer has multiple genetic alterations including oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes  
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What does the rate of tumor growth depend on?   growth fraction and the rate of cell loss  
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What does the growth fraction of tumors have an effect on?   has a profound effect on susceptibility to chemotherapy  
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Crude indication of growth rate?   frequency of mitoses  
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What is the first step for metastasis?   loosening of intercellular junctions  
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In metastasis, what happens after loosening of intercellular junctions?   attachment  
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In metastasis, what happens after attachment?   degradation  
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In metastsis, what happens after degradation?   migration  
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"soil and seed" theory   different organs provide growth conditions optimized for certain cancers  
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Homing theory   different organs have special abilities to attract cancer cells  
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Cartilage and skeletal muscle are rarely targets of metastasis, helping prove what theory?   soil and seed  
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What are three ways tumors cause disease?   tissue destruction, organ compression, obstruction  
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What are three more ways tumors cause disease?   infection, anemia, soluble products  
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