Quiz 3 Flashcards
chap 18, 4, and 5 (131 cards)
Cancer
DIsease of cell cycle (uncontrollable)
Causes of cancer
Carcinogens, life style makes up 90%, drinking and smoking
Death in cancer
50-70% are caused by human behavior, 30% from smoking
Carcinogens
Substance radiation: 90% of cancers are related to exposure of carcinogens. Some promote genetic changes in somatic cells
DNA alteration
leads to
effects of gene expression and affects cell division
DNA mutations
Frequently occur during DNA replication, can either have a neutral effect (does nothing), a beneficial (evolution), or harmful (cell division)
DNA mechanisms of repair
DNA repair Enzyme, are natural killer cells and virus infected cell
Why Cancer develops
Mutated or damaged genes, proto-oncogenes, oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes
Oncogenes
Mutated or damages proto-oncogenes
Proto-oncogenes
Normal regulatory genes
Tumor Surpressor genes
Regulatory genes repress cell growth, division, differentiation, adhesion that may be turned off or damaged in cancers
Cancer: Stage 0
in situ tumor. Cells in the tumor are abnormal, but they are only found in the tumor
Cancer: stage I-III
Defined for each type of cancer, based on size, degree of spread, lympth node involvment
Cancer: stage IV
Cancer has metastazized to distant sites and organs
Cancer Development
cancer happens when..
- cells must divide uncontrollably, 2. cell must undergo physical changes and break away from surrounding cells
Benign Tumor
non harmful and remain in one location, Is a single well defined mass that may be surrounded by connective tissue
Malignant Tumor development
Epithelial cell, Hyperlasia, Dysplasia, In situ Cancer
Cancer Tumor
Abnormal cell structure, may appear undifferentiated, may spread,and edge of the tumor is not clearly defined
Hyperlasia
Cells devide more rapidly than normal
Dysplasia
Cells change form
Lung cancer
nearly 90% caused by smoking, no simple screening test, early symptoms are nonspecific, treatment is surgery, chemo, and radiation
Colon and Rectal cancers
Tests can detect them early, blood in stool and rectal bleeding are symptoms, life style and genetics are risk factor, treatment is polyp removal and tumor removal
Breast Cancer
Early detection is crucial for survival, risk factors are genetics and age