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Genetics

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Set 18 Genetics Of Cancer

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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Sporadic cancers result from

A) recessive or dominant mutation in a somatic cell.
B) recessive or dominant germline mutation.
C) mutation in a sperm or oocyte.
D) exposure to a cancer-causing virus.
E) lack of a cell cycle in affected cells.

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Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

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The term used to describe the fact that cancer cells have lost the specializations of the cells from which they descend is

A) heritable.
B) angiogenic.
C) oncogenic.
D) dedifferentiated.
E) apoptotic.

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Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

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A cancer stem cell can divide to give rise to

A) tumor cells, abnormal daughter cells, normal cells, and more cancer stem cells.
B) more cancer stem cells only.
C) healthy stem cells and normally differentiated cells.
D) nothing. It cannot divide further.
E) invasive cells and metastatic malignant cells.

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