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Properties of cancer cells

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  • Altered cellular function
  • Abnormal morphology
  • Cells capable of independent growth
  • Tumour biomarkers.
  • Loss of tumour suppressor genes.
  • Gain of function of oncogenes
2
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what is the clinical use of Alpha-fetoprotein as a tumour biomarker?

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  • Teratoma of testis
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (Liver)
3
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what is the clinical use of Carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA) as a tumour biomarker?

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•Colorectal cancer

4
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what is the clinical use of Oestrogen receptor as a tumour biomarker?

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•Breast cancer

5
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what is the clinical use of Prostate specific antigen as tumour biomarker?

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•Prostate cancer

6
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Biomarker - Tumour table

what are the clinically useful Predictive biomarkers?

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7
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How is tumour growth balanced

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  • Angiogenesis
  • Apoptosis
8
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Tumour Angiogenesis

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  • New blood vessel formation by tumours
  • Required to sustain tumour growth
  • Provides route for release of tumour cells into circulation
  • More blood vessels in a tumour = poorer prognosis
9
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Apoptosis

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  • Mechanism of programmed single cell death
  • Active cell process
  • Regulates tumour growth
  • Involved in response to chemotherapy and radiotherapy
10
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Mode of cancer spread

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  • Local spread
  • Lymphatic spread
  • Blood spread
  • Trans-coelomic spread (body cavities)
11
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how does cancer spread locally?►

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Malignant tumour invasion of connective tissue and then Invasion into lymph/blood vessels.

12
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how does cancer spread via Blood?►

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  • Adherence of tumour cells to blood vessels
  • Invasion from blood vessels
  • Invasion into tissue
  • Formation of metastasis.
13
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how the cancer spread via Trans-coelomic? ►

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  • Special form of local spread
  • Spread of tumour cells across body cavities e.g. pleural or peritoneal cavities
  • Tumours of lung, stomach, colon and ovary show trans-coelomic spread
14
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what are the common sites of metastasis?

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  • Liver
  • Lung
  • Brain
  • Bone –Axial skeleton
  • Adrenal gland
  • Omentum (a layer of peritoneum that surrounds abdominal organs)
15
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what are the Uncommon Sites
Of Metastasis?

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  • Spleen
  • Kidney
  • Skeletal muscle
  • Heart
16
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Table

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17
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Metastises

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Tumour ⇒Tissue

  • Breast Bone
  • Prostate Bone
  • Colorectal Liver
  • Ovary Omentum
18
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Tumour suppressor genes and oncogenes

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Loss of tumour suppressor genes

  • Adenomatous polyposis (APC)
  • Retinoblastoma (Rb)
  • BRCA1

Gain of function of oncogenes

  • B-raf
  • Cyclin D1
  • ErbB2
  • Myc
  • K-ras, N-ras