Mutation that occurs in individual cells after fertilisation
Acquired
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A mass of abnormal cells
Tumour
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Tumour that invades and destroys surrounding tissues
Cancer
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Codes for a protein that stops cell division or causes apoptosis (inits)
TSG
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Cell death
Apoptosis
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Codes for a protein that stimulates cell division
Proto-Oncogene
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Tumour that can mestastasize
Malignant
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Tumour often covered in fibrous tissue
Benign
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How is the colour of the nucleus of a tumour cell different to a normal cell? (It is ...
Darker
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Adding a methyl group to something
Methylation
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Type of abnormal methylation that stops the transcription of tumour suppressor genes
Hypermethylation
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Type of abnormal methylation that creates oncogenes
Hypomethylation
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Thought to increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer by stimulating cell division of certain breast cells or even by direct introduction of mutations
Oestrogen
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A mass of abnormal cells
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Tumour
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Tumour that invades and destroys surrounding tissues
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Card 4
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Codes for a protein that stops cell division or causes apoptosis (inits)
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