Cancer and AIDS
Cancer and AIDS: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as AIDS, Cancer, HIV, Lymphoma, Carcinomas, Prevention of AIDS, Sarcomas, Leukaemia, Adenomas and, Structure of AIDS Virus
Important Questions on Cancer and AIDS
In a patient, a mass of cells removed from the liver was found to be producing large amounts of the enzyme pepsin. In the same patient, a tumor was found in the stomach.
What property of a tumor can be identified based on the statements above? Give a reason to support your answer.
Cancer cells do not exhibit one of the following features
'Contact inhibition' is the property of which cells?
Normal cells in our body inhibit the uncontrolled growth of cells which they are in contact with. This is known as
Which one of the following is not a property of cancer cell?
Which of the following sentences are true?
I. The cells of malignant tumours divide erratically.
II. More than a million Indians suffer from cancer and many die from it annually.
III. They show a property called contact inhibition.
IV. Metastasis is the most feared property of malignant tumours
How do normal cells get transformed into cancerous neoplastic cells? Elaborate giving three examples of inducing agent.
How long does AIDS take to show up?
What are symptoms of AIDS? Why do I always feel unwell?
How a person become HIV infected?
What is the difference between a polyp and an adenoma?
