Cancer
Cancer: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Cancer, Treatment of Cancer, Tumours, Causes of Cancer, Oncogenes and, Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
Important Questions on Cancer
For the treatment of cancer, biological response modifiers such as are given.
Anti-cancer drugs have the following side effects
MRI uses strong magnetic field _____ and radiations to detect pathological and physiological changes.
The agents which can cause neoplastic cell generation are
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 statements is correct with respect to Cancer?
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
Small lesions on spinal tissue, slip disc in spinal column and micro cancer like tumour are detected by
Match the following:
| List -I | List - II | ||
| (A) | Cancer cells | (I) | DNA replication |
| (B) | Transcriptional factors | (II) | Saccharomyces |
| (C) | Cyclins | (III) | Telomerase |
| (D) | Zygote | (IV) | Totipotent cell |
The cancer of epithelial cells is known as _____.
Which one of the following properties of normal cell is lost during its transition to cancerous cell?
Match the following lists:
| List - I | List - II | ||
| Parasitic Castration | Abnormal increase in the size of the host cells | ||
| Neoplasia | Increase in the number of cells of the host | ||
| Hyperplasia | Degeneration of gonads of the host | ||
| Hypertrophy | Abnormal division of the cells in the host tissues leading to cancer | ||
| Abnormal increase in the size of the host | |||
The correct match is
Cancer cell exhibits all of the following characteristic features except.
Match the following
| List - I | List - II | ||
| a | Carcinoma | i | and Lymphocytes |
| b | Sarcoma | ii | Connective tissue |
| c | Lymphoma | iii | Bone marrow cells |
| d | Leukemia | iv | Epithelial tissue |
Complete this paragraph by selecting correct sequence of words: Several genes called have been identified in normal cells which when activated will turn into and under certain conditions, could lead to cancerous transformation of the cells.
