Open Question
Radiation is frequently used as part of the treatment of cancer. The radiation works by damaging DNA and components of the cell.Under what circumstances do you think radiation treatment is a good choice to treat cancer?
19. Cancer Genetics
Cancer Mutations
Back19. Cancer Genetics
Cancer Mutations
- Open Question
Although cancer is not a contagious disease in humans or other vertebrates, there have been rare cases in which cancers have spread from one organism to another. Describe three cases of these contagious cancers and what conditions might have led to their appearance. For an introduction to this topic, see http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/is-cancer-contagious.
- Multiple Choice
A mutation in a tumor suppressor gene causes what to happen?
- Multiple Choice
True or False:Proto-oncogenes are mutated versions of oncogenes
- Multiple Choice
Which of the following proteins is an example of a tumor suppressor?