Tuesday, June 4, 2013

0606Chapter I & II_the biology of cancer_R.Weinberg

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  1. JieJune 6, 2013 at 11:56 AM

    Jie
    0. Cancer are genetically mutated cells and some other basics of genetics.

    1. Learned:
    a. in most cancer cells, chromosomes are altered.
    b. 80% tumor are of epithelial origin.
    c. the difference between carcinogen and mutagen.
    d. lots but far from all nomenclatures.

    2. Questions:
    a. I hope we could briefly talk about the pathway shown in Lecture1.pdf Page 6;
    b. Suggestions to remember the nomenclature?
    c. Experiment related to current state cancer study: lecture1.pdf P16 Fancy Mice--> P17
    d. the experimental tools for the pictures in the textbook.

    3. exciting area for research!

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  2. JieJune 6, 2013 at 11:59 AM

    Hala's Questions for the Class, Lesson I:

    1) Why is there more cancer now than it used to be?
    2) How would you define cancer?
    3) How can the risk of cancer be reduced?
    4) What are the big four most common types of cancer?
    5) What are the stages of tumor progression?
    6) How is cancer classified in clinical setting?
    7) What is Clonal Evolution of cancer?
    8) What are the classical hallmarks of cancer according to Hanahan and Weinberg?
    9) How do cancer cells disturb normal cellular equilibrium?
    10) What is Cancer Stem Cells model?
    11) How do cancer cells achieve limitless replicative potential?
    12) How is cancer research done?
    13) How has cancer treatment evolved over the years?
    14) Is personalized cancer medicine possible?

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