Pmcol 200: Chemotherapy Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Pmcol 200: Chemotherapy Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
What is metastasis? - answerThe spread of cancer to other parts of the body
What are some causes of cancer? - answerEnvironmental factors (tobacco, ionizing radiation,
pollution) and genetic factors (breast cancer, viral infections)
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Pmcol 200: Chemotherapy Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
What is metastasis? - answer✔The spread of cancer to other parts of the body
What are some causes of cancer? - answer✔Environmental factors (tobacco, ionizing radiation,
pollution) and genetic factors (breast cancer, viral infections)
What is cancer? - answer✔A disease of cell growth regulation. It arises when genes that
regulate cell growth are mutated.
What is the G1 phase of the cell cycle? - answer✔The checkpoint to ensure cell is ready for
DNA synthesis
What is the S phase of the cell cycle? - answer✔DNA synthesis (replication)
What is the G2 phase of the cell cycle? - answer✔A checkpoint to ensure the cell is ready for
mitosis
What is the M phase of the cell cycle? - answer✔Mitosis
What is the G0 phase of the cell cycle? - answer✔Quiescent state
What two genes are important for cell cycle regulation? - answer✔Tumor suppressor genes and
protooncogenes
What are tumor suppressor genes? - answer✔Genes that repress the cell cycle or promote cell
death.
How do tumor suppressor genes work? - answer✔1. Inhibit cell division
2. Initiate cell death
What is an example of a tumor suppressor gene? - answer✔p53, it is mutated in 50% of all
tumors.
What are proto-oncogenes? - answer✔Genes involved in cell growth and proliferation, or the
prevention of cell death.
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