Cancer quiz 2023

Which hallmark of cancer is mainly responsible for all other cancer characteristics

• Genetic changes (mutations)

• Angiogenesis

• Sustained cell growth

• Resisting cell death (Apoptosis)

Which is NOT a purpose of angiogenesis

• Delivery of oxygen to the cells

• So cells in tissues can travel to other places

• Delivery of nutrients to cells

• Removal of wastes from cells

What is apoptosis

• Rapid cell growth

• When cell division abruptly stops

• It stimulates vessel growth

• Programmed cell death

What is the role of P53

• To stimulate

  cell proliferation (mitosis)

• To assist the process of angiogenesis

• To suppress the division of abnormal cells

• To assist the tumor cells in metastasis

Which of the following would NOT result in tumor formation.

• Too much cell division

• Hypoxic conditions

• Not enough cell death

• Damaged suppressors

What substance would directly stimulate angiogenesis

• VEGF

• HIF1B

• Proto-oncogenes

• P 53

What condition would cause angiogenesis to take place?

• Hypoxia

• Cells getting bigger

• Cells going through cellular respiration

• Rapid breathing

Which is NOT something a cancer cell must accomplish in order to be successful in metastasis?

• Intravasation

• Survive in the blood stream

• Modality

• Motility

• Extravasation

Angiogenesis in important for all of the purposes below EXCEPT....

• Tissue growth

• Healing

• Embryological development

• Mitosis

Cancer kills because it ____________ normal tissue and _________ the function of that tissue

• forms, assists

• invades, stops

• invades, disrupts

• out grows, enhances