Cancer

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Carcinoma
cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover
internal organs.
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Sarcoma
cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or
other connective or supportive tissue.
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Leukemia
cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone
marrow and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood.
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Lymphoma and myeloma
cancers that begin in the cells of the immune
system.
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Central nervous system cancers
cancers that begin in the tissues of the
brain and spinal cord.
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Description of Type I oncogenes
Growth Factors
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Description of Type II oncogenes first type
Growth Factor Receptors
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Description of Type II oncogenes second type
Signal Transducers
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Description of Type IV oncogenes
Transcription Factors
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Description of Type V oncogenes
Cell cycle - control
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Description of Type VI oncogenes
Apoptosis Regulators
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Description of Type VII oncogenes
DNA-repair enzymes
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What cancer is Hepatitis B & C Virus associated with
Liver Cancer
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What cancer is Human Papilloma Virus associated with
Cervical Cancer
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What cancer is Epstein-Barr Virus associated with
Burkitt’s Lymphoma
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What cancer is Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus associated with
Adult T-cell Leukemia
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What cancer is HIV & Human Herpesvirus 8 associated with
Kaposi’s Sarcoma
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What cancer is Heliobacter pylori associated with
Gastric cancer
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What cancer is Schistosomes associated with
Bladder cancer
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What cancer is Liver fluke associated with
Cholangiosarcomas
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Sarcoma

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cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or
other connective or supportive tissue.

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Leukemia

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Lymphoma and myeloma

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Central nervous system cancers

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