BILD 2 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Teratoma, Oncogene, Sarcoma
15 Dec 2019
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Explain the basic commonalities and differences between all cancers. Solid vs liquid: brain cancer is a liquid vs breast cancer that is a solid. Certain cancer has certain ways of taking it out cut it out (benign) vs chemotherapy (malignant) Well defined, does not look like other cells. Not well defined, look like any other cells. Explain why many cancers share similar characteristics w/ embryonic development. Carcinoma: malignant tumor from endoderm or ectoderm, glandular or epithelial origin. Sarcoma: malignant tumor from mesodermal or connective tissue. Teratoma: used when all three germ layers are present. Predict whether a mutation in a gene that participates in a given process is likely to promote cancer. Proto-oncogenes: normal cell growing process speed up then it becomes oncogene cancer. Tumor suppressor: negative growth regulators mutated then becomes oncogene. Dna repair genes: allow more mutation accumulation which makes the person more cancer prone.
