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In cancer, how are suppressor genes inactivated? |
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Transcription of mic from 8 to 14 occurs in what cancer? |
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Burkitt's lymphoma. Associated with EBV (increases mitotic rate when it attaches to CD21 and converts B cell to plasma cell). |
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14:18 translocation occurs in what cancer? |
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15:17 translocation occurs in what cancer? |
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Acute progranulocytic leukemia (this is the one treated with vitamin A). |
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Drug predisposing to bladde cancer |
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cyclophosphamide (treats Wegener's, RA, minimal change, and others) |
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Virus predisposing to Kaposi's sarcoma |
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HIV predisposes to what cancer? |
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What is the most common cancer associated with radiation? |
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Leukemia, particulary CML. |
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What's the particle associated with basal cell carcinoma? |
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What substance increases incidence of squamous cell carcinoma? |
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Arsenic (also angiocarcinoma of liver). This is bad in Bengladesh. |
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Retinoblastoma chromosome? |
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Most common cause of white reflex |
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What drug predisposes to cataracts? |
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40% of all cancers include the finding of... |
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Most common cause of death in cancer |
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Most common paraneoplastic syndrome |
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Explosive onset of pruritic seborrheic keratoses. |
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Leser-Trelat sign; a paraneoplastic syndrome |
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Gottron's Papules (paraneoplastic) |
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Hyponatremia, Cushings: what cancer? |
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Hypercalcemia + secondary polycythemia: what cancer? |
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Renal cell adenocarcinoma |
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Hypoglycemia or secondary polycythemia |
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Hypercalcemia or Cushings: what tumor? |
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medullary carcinoma of thyroid. marker can become amyloid. |
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Markers of testicular cancer |
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AFP, hCG. AFP with yolk sac tumor(also hepatocellular carcinoma). |
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Bence-Jones protein; multiple myeloma. |
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Marker for ovarian cancer |
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