Summary: Cellular Function 3: Carcinogenesis

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  • 1.27 cell structure 3: carcinogenesis

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  • the process where cancer develops

    carcinogenesis
  • cell goes through event that causes DNA to be damaged or mutate

    initiation
  • involves the mutated cell's exposure to factors that promote growth

    promotion
  • when the tumor invades, metastasizes, and becomes drug resistant

    progression
  • activate cell division and influence embryonic development

    oncogenes
  • cell growth regulator; edits and repairs

    p53
  • found in 30% of women who get breast cancer

    HER2
  • host and environmental carcinogens

    chemical carcinogens
    human carcinogens
    heredity
    hormones
    immunologic defects
    radiation
    oncogenic viruses
  • standing consistently too close to the microwave is an example

    nonionizing radiation
  • varies from living for one year to eight hours

    injured cell
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