Cancer+Class+notes+DB

Colon Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Testicular Caner Lung Cancer Prostate Cancer Skin Cancer Mouth Cancer Throat Cancer Tongue Cancer Eye Cancer Leukemia Breast Cancer Bladder Cancer Anal Cancer Kidney Cancer Cervical Cancer Thyroid Cancer Stomach Cancer Esophageal Cancer Lymphoma Bone Cancer Liver Cancer Spinal Cancer Brain Cancer Adrenal Cancer Bile Duct Cancer Rectum Cancer Enodmetrial Cancer Gall Bladder Cancer Nasal Cancer Ovarian Cancer Penile Cancer Salivary Gland Cancer Small Intestine Cancer Thymus Cancer Uterine Cancer Vaginal Cancer Vulvar Cancer Urethral Cancer

Heart Disease rates have lowered but cancer has stayed the same

Most common cancer in men- Lung cancer 2nd most common- Prostate cancer 3rd- Colon Cancer

Most common cancer in women- Lung cancer 2nd most common- Breast cancer 3rd- Colon Cancer

more men die of cancer than women level of people getting cancer is leveling out more than in past years- people have quit smoking

Cancer death rates higher for African Americans in the U.S.

Cancer Statistics Cancer Biology - Introduction to Cancer Bio - Bodies, Organs, and Cells

Tissue- muscle tissue, nervous tissue and epithelial tissue Organ- made of a combination of tissue Cancer can be of an organ or it can be of a tissue

A normal cell divides only when it receives a chemical signal- also told when to stop dividing--> contact inhibition

Cancer cells divide whenever they want to, they continue to divide indefinately

Chromosomes- pieces of DNA 46 Chromosomes in each human nucleus

proto-oncogenes information to trigger cell division oncogene: mutation in a proto-oncogene the cell divides without signal to do so -> gas pedal is down, no foot on pedal

tumor suppressors- brakes --> breast cancer gene cancer cells not putting on the brakes

angiogenesis- the process by which the body provides tumor cells with nutrients- tells the body to put blood vessels near it

metastasis: cancer cell migration, can build up a tumor in another part of the body apoptosis- cell suicide mechanism- too much damage to a cell, the cell kills itself