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Decks in this class (15)

benign vs malignant
How does cancer develop,
What is a passenger mutation,
Driver mutations
8  cards
Coping with terminal illness
What is a terminal illness
1  cards
Angiogenesis and metastases
Benign tumours,
Malignant tumours,
What is transcoelomic spread
16  cards
Oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes
The hallmarks of cancer,
Genetic mutation bladder cancer,
Genetic mutation colon cancer
12  cards
Molecular pathology of cancer
Types of somatic mutations,
Types of hereditary cancer,
Difference between gremlin and so...
22  cards
Hallmarks of cancer
Therapeutic targeting of sustaine...,
Therapeutic targeting of evading ...,
Therapeutic targeting of avoiding...
14  cards
Neoplasia
Apoptosis,
Desmoplasia,
Dysplasia
22  cards
Major anatomical routes for the spread of infection and malignant disease
Means of spread,
How does sarcoma spread,
How does breast cancer spread
18  cards
Microorganisms causing cancer
Parasite virus causing cholangiom...,
Parasite virus causing bladder ca...,
Parasite virus causing burrito s ...
20  cards
Oedema
What stops the lungs being full o...,
What is the oncotic pressure,
Transudate
6  cards
Iatrogenic infections
Iatrogenic infections,
Nosocomial infection,
Community acquired infections
8  cards
Lymphoproliferative disease
Common presentation of lymphomas,
Nhl,
Why can t you use rituximab for t...
7  cards
Anti-cancer therapies
Cell cycle,
What is the significance of the r...,
Cross linking chemotherapy
17  cards
Blood cancer
Genetics of cml,
Treatment for cml,
Sx cml
16  cards
Cancer immunology
Cancers with highest rates of mut...,
What is the innate immune response,
Adaptive immune response
6  cards

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