Warmup 1
Monday
No warmup
Tuesday
How much are projects worth in this class?
What do you do if you make corrections on a homework assignment?
Wednesday
What does malignant mean?
Which cell is present in Hodgekin lymphoma but absent in Non-Hodgekin lymphoma?
Thursday
No Warmup
Friday
Which hallmark is related to recruiting blood vessels?
Name an emerging hallmark.
Monday
What is a mutagen?
Give an example of a known carcinogen.
Tuesday
Where do sarcomas originate from?
Which type of cancer would originate from the pancreas?
Wednesday
What do plasma cells produce?
Which type of tumor does not yet have the ability to metastasize to another organ?
Thursday
Which hallmark of cancer means there is no limit to the number of times a cell can divide?
What is anchorage dependence?
Friday
What is a benign tumor?
Which characteristic of normal cells means cells will stop dividing once in close proximity with other cells?
Warmup 2
Monday
Which experiment proved that cancer was due to DNA mutations?
Which type of gene would normally tell a cell to stop dividing?
Tuesday
Which type of gene normally tells a cell to divide?
Which type of gene proofreads DNA?
Wednesday
What are retroviruses?
What happens if a virus infects a non-permissive cell?
Thursday
Which tumor virus causes liver cancer?
Which tumor virus infects 90-95% of people?
Friday
Which two carcinogens are tested in a typical home inspection?
Which hallmark of cancer means there is no limit to the number of divisions?
Monday
None
Tuesday
What are the four main parts to the cell cycle?
What is the inactive phase called?
Wednesday
What is aneuploidy?
What do CDKs normally do?
Thursday
Name a tumor virus that affects CDK genes?
When are chromosomes pulled apart during mitosis?
Friday
None
Warmup 3
Monday
None
Tuesday
None
Wednesday
When does the spindle checkpoint occur?
When does DNA condense?
Thursday
Which two checkpoints occur during interphase?
Which checkpoint occurs during mitosis?
Friday
If a normal cell is unable to fix an error at a checkpoint, what would it do?
Which genes are responsible for fixing DNA damage that may have occurred during S phase?
Monday
When is DNA replicated?
When does the cell split in two? (Be specific)
Tuesday
Who came up with the two hit hypothesis?
What is the conclusion of the two hit hypothesis?
Wednesday
What is a function of the p53 protein?
What is a function of the BRCA protein?
Thursday
Give an example of an oncogene.
What happens to gene function if mutated?
Friday
Give an example of a tumor suppressor gene
Which cancer was studied to form the two hit hypothesis?
Warmup 4
Monday
What is the family of oncogenes?
What does it mean for retinoblastoma to be bilateral?
Tuesday
When is DNA copied?
What happens in G2 phase?
Wednesday
What are telomeres?
Which enzyme adds telomeres to the chromosomes?
Thursday
What is the sequence of telomeres?
Which normal cells have telomerase activity?
Friday
When does the nucleolus disappear?
When does the chromatin condense?
Monday
No warmup
Tuesday
What do retinoblasts differentiate into?
What is unilateral retinoblastoma?
Wednesday
In which stage do cells lose their function?
What is the first stage of tumorigenesis called?
Thursday
What is hypoxia?
What is necrosis?
Friday
What is the second stage of tumorigenesis?
Which metabolic pathway do cancer cells switch to due to a lack of oxygen?
Warmup 5
Monday
What builds up due to anaerobic glycolysis?
What makes up the tumor microenvironment?
Tuesday
Name one difference between tumor recruited vessels and normal vessels?
What does VEGF stand for?
Wednesday
What does the primary tumor secrete that keeps metastasis at bay?
What happened to mice with pancreatic tumors who were treated with anti-VEGF antibodies?
Thursday
What is intravasation?
What is stroma?
Friday
What are three common places for cancer to metastasize?
What is the seed and soil hypothesis?
Monday
What increases a cancerous cell's chances of evading the immune system in the bloodstream?
What is anoikis?
Tuesday
Which type of cancer did the mice injected with anti-VEGF antibodies have?
What is the third stage of tumorigenesis?
Wednesday
What are the three events of tumorigenesis in order?
What is the exit of cancer cells from the blood stream called?
Thursday
Which test detects cervical cancer?
What are three types of biopsies?
Friday
What does MRI stand for?
What can differentiate between a fluid filled cyst and solid mass?
Warmup 6
Monday
Which tumor marker screens for prostate cancer?
Which type of blood cell is used in defense?
Tuesday
Which cancer stage does metastasis occur?
What does TNM stand for?
Wednesday
What would the M score of a tumor that did not metastasize be?
Which tumor marker can indicate ovarian cancer?
Thursday
No warmup
Friday
No warmup
Monday
What is meant by neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
How do plant alkaloids destroy cancer cells?
Tuesday
Which chemotherapy category aims to make a patient more comfortable?
How do alkylating agents affect cancer cells?
Wednesday
Name two ways chemo can be administered.
Name two types of chemo drugs
Thursday
Name a symptom of your cancer
Where does your cancer tend to spread.
Friday
Name a diagnostic tool for your cancer
Name a treatment for your cancer (specific)
Monday
No warmup
Tuesday
How much are projects worth in this class?
What do you do if you make corrections on a homework assignment?
Wednesday
What does malignant mean?
Which cell is present in Hodgekin lymphoma but absent in Non-Hodgekin lymphoma?
Thursday
No Warmup
Friday
Which hallmark is related to recruiting blood vessels?
Name an emerging hallmark.
Monday
What is a mutagen?
Give an example of a known carcinogen.
Tuesday
Where do sarcomas originate from?
Which type of cancer would originate from the pancreas?
Wednesday
What do plasma cells produce?
Which type of tumor does not yet have the ability to metastasize to another organ?
Thursday
Which hallmark of cancer means there is no limit to the number of times a cell can divide?
What is anchorage dependence?
Friday
What is a benign tumor?
Which characteristic of normal cells means cells will stop dividing once in close proximity with other cells?
Warmup 2
Monday
Which experiment proved that cancer was due to DNA mutations?
Which type of gene would normally tell a cell to stop dividing?
Tuesday
Which type of gene normally tells a cell to divide?
Which type of gene proofreads DNA?
Wednesday
What are retroviruses?
What happens if a virus infects a non-permissive cell?
Thursday
Which tumor virus causes liver cancer?
Which tumor virus infects 90-95% of people?
Friday
Which two carcinogens are tested in a typical home inspection?
Which hallmark of cancer means there is no limit to the number of divisions?
Monday
None
Tuesday
What are the four main parts to the cell cycle?
What is the inactive phase called?
Wednesday
What is aneuploidy?
What do CDKs normally do?
Thursday
Name a tumor virus that affects CDK genes?
When are chromosomes pulled apart during mitosis?
Friday
None
Warmup 3
Monday
None
Tuesday
None
Wednesday
When does the spindle checkpoint occur?
When does DNA condense?
Thursday
Which two checkpoints occur during interphase?
Which checkpoint occurs during mitosis?
Friday
If a normal cell is unable to fix an error at a checkpoint, what would it do?
Which genes are responsible for fixing DNA damage that may have occurred during S phase?
Monday
When is DNA replicated?
When does the cell split in two? (Be specific)
Tuesday
Who came up with the two hit hypothesis?
What is the conclusion of the two hit hypothesis?
Wednesday
What is a function of the p53 protein?
What is a function of the BRCA protein?
Thursday
Give an example of an oncogene.
What happens to gene function if mutated?
Friday
Give an example of a tumor suppressor gene
Which cancer was studied to form the two hit hypothesis?
Warmup 4
Monday
What is the family of oncogenes?
What does it mean for retinoblastoma to be bilateral?
Tuesday
When is DNA copied?
What happens in G2 phase?
Wednesday
What are telomeres?
Which enzyme adds telomeres to the chromosomes?
Thursday
What is the sequence of telomeres?
Which normal cells have telomerase activity?
Friday
When does the nucleolus disappear?
When does the chromatin condense?
Monday
No warmup
Tuesday
What do retinoblasts differentiate into?
What is unilateral retinoblastoma?
Wednesday
In which stage do cells lose their function?
What is the first stage of tumorigenesis called?
Thursday
What is hypoxia?
What is necrosis?
Friday
What is the second stage of tumorigenesis?
Which metabolic pathway do cancer cells switch to due to a lack of oxygen?
Warmup 5
Monday
What builds up due to anaerobic glycolysis?
What makes up the tumor microenvironment?
Tuesday
Name one difference between tumor recruited vessels and normal vessels?
What does VEGF stand for?
Wednesday
What does the primary tumor secrete that keeps metastasis at bay?
What happened to mice with pancreatic tumors who were treated with anti-VEGF antibodies?
Thursday
What is intravasation?
What is stroma?
Friday
What are three common places for cancer to metastasize?
What is the seed and soil hypothesis?
Monday
What increases a cancerous cell's chances of evading the immune system in the bloodstream?
What is anoikis?
Tuesday
Which type of cancer did the mice injected with anti-VEGF antibodies have?
What is the third stage of tumorigenesis?
Wednesday
What are the three events of tumorigenesis in order?
What is the exit of cancer cells from the blood stream called?
Thursday
Which test detects cervical cancer?
What are three types of biopsies?
Friday
What does MRI stand for?
What can differentiate between a fluid filled cyst and solid mass?
Warmup 6
Monday
Which tumor marker screens for prostate cancer?
Which type of blood cell is used in defense?
Tuesday
Which cancer stage does metastasis occur?
What does TNM stand for?
Wednesday
What would the M score of a tumor that did not metastasize be?
Which tumor marker can indicate ovarian cancer?
Thursday
No warmup
Friday
No warmup
Monday
What is meant by neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
How do plant alkaloids destroy cancer cells?
Tuesday
Which chemotherapy category aims to make a patient more comfortable?
How do alkylating agents affect cancer cells?
Wednesday
Name two ways chemo can be administered.
Name two types of chemo drugs
Thursday
Name a symptom of your cancer
Where does your cancer tend to spread.
Friday
Name a diagnostic tool for your cancer
Name a treatment for your cancer (specific)