Cancer- Primary Events

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Year 2 Quiz on Cancer- Primary Events, created by gina_evans0312 on 30/11/2013.
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Question 1

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What is a primary event?
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  • The conversion of a normal cell to a transformed cell
  • The conversion of a normal cell to a tumgeric cell
  • The conversion of a proto-oncogene to an oncogene

Question 2

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What example of primary event is found in Burkitt's Lymphomoma?
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  • Gross DNA change- Chrimosomal translocation
  • Gross DNA change- Chromsomal deletion
  • Gross DNA change- Chromosomal insertion

Question 3

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What occurs to the DNA in Burkett's Lymphoma?
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  • The C-myc transcription factor is placed under the control of a very strong promoter
  • The C-jun transcription factor is placed under the control of a very strong promoter
  • The Erk transcription factor is placed under the control of a very strong promoter

Question 4

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Which chromosomes fuse to form the Philadelphia chromosome?
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  • 9 & 22
  • 7 & 13
  • 6 & 10
  • 12 & 21

Question 5

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The loss of what chromosome causes retinoblastoma?
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  • 13
  • 11
  • 19
  • 10

Question 6

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Name all of the gross DNA changes that can cause oncogenes to form?
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  • Chromosome insertion
  • Chromosome deletion
  • Chromosomal translocatiion
  • Chromosome fusion

Question 7

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In Small Lung Lymphatic Lymphoma, what chromosome gains an extra copy?
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  • 12
  • 1
  • 7
  • 16

Question 8

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Can deletions and additions occur in the same tumor?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 9

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A cancer is called a sarcoma- from what type of cell did it arise?
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  • Muscle
  • Skin
  • Connective

Question 10

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Leukaemia's are unusual proliferations of what type of cell?
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  • Blood
  • Liver
  • Kidney

Question 11

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What differentiates a normal mole from a potential melanoma?
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  • Moles are contained by capsules
  • Moles are smaller than melanomas
  • Moles have a regular/symmetrical shape

Question 12

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When do normal cells cease to divide?
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  • When they have terminally differentiated
  • When subject to stress/DNA damage

Question 13

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Telomere's are shortened every time the cell replicates- what is this thought to contribute to?
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  • The Hayflick limit
  • Cancer cell formation
  • Cell immortality

Question 14

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How are cancer cells thought to evade the Hayflick limit?
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  • Use of telomerase to extend telomeres
  • Use of telomeric synthase to extend telomeres
  • Use of telomere synthase to extend telomeres

Question 15

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The condition or process of deterioration with age- what is this defining?
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  • Mortality
  • Tumergic emergence
  • Senescence

Question 16

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The occurence of cancer rises steeply as people..
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  • Age
  • Gain weight
  • Become less self sufficient

Question 17

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What is considered (usually) to be the first mutation in a tumor forming cell
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  • Increased cell proliferation
  • Survival in low O2 environments
  • Production of cytotoxic chemicals

Question 18

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What is an essential requirement for tumor cell formation
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  • Genetic instability
  • No seriously, otherwise they just stay normal cells
  • And don't mutate further
  • It's kinda obvious, if you think about it

Question 19

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Can a cell become too unstable genetically to survive?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 20

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What is the difference between carcino and mutagenesis?
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  • Carcinogenesis- generation of cancer Mutatgenesis- Change in DNA sequence
  • Carcinogenesis- Generation of cancer Mutatgenesis- Change in DNA sequence caused by a carcinogen

Question 21

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Why is Nitroform a direct carcinogen?
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  • It can damage DNA in it's present form (needn't be altered by metabolism)
  • Can cause the immediate appearance of tumergic cells
  • Can cause the appearence of more than one mutation at once

Question 22

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Why is Aflatoxin not a direct carcinogen?
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  • It must be metabollically altered before binding to Guanine in DNA
  • It must bind to other chemicals before binding to Guanine in DNA
  • It must be imported directly into the nucleus before binding to Guanine in DNA

Question 23

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What is the AMES test used for?
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  • To detect mutagenic properties
  • To detect mutated cells

Question 24

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Name the three components of the AMES test
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  • Possible mutagen
  • Possible carcinogen
  • Histadine dependent salmonella
  • Lysine dependent salmonella
  • Homogenised liver extract
  • Homogenised stomach extract

Question 25

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The cells in an AMES test are placed on an Agar plate lacking what?
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  • Histadine
  • Lysine
  • Guanine

Question 26

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Tumor promoters act synergystically with what?
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  • Carcinogens
  • Cell proliferation
  • Mutagens

Question 27

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Do tumor promoters directly alter DNA?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 28

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In tests, which had to be added first to promote tumor growth?
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  • The initiator- which causes DNA damage
  • The promoter- which causes cell proliferation
  • Either- it doesn't matter

Question 29

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What happens when, after the initiator is added, the promoter is added slowly?
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  • No tumor forms
  • A tumor forms

Question 30

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Why is rapid cell proliferation required after mutation?
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  • It reactivates genes potentially silenced by initiator damage
  • Forces the expression of damaged genes
  • Because it does

Question 31

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Name the factors that don't influence cancer cell formation
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  • Basic Bodily functions i.e the production of O2 radicals
  • Smoking
  • Environment
  • Diet
  • Reproductive life
  • Disease
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