Exam 8: Cancer and Human Health

A benign growth is noncancerous.

The chance of developing cervical cancer is reduced by ________ against the human papillomavirus.

Cancer cells can ________,or spread,to other organs where they can form new tumors.

One or two mutations are often the cause of cancer.

Drugs that promote angiogenesis are used to treat cancer.

A harmless proliferation of cells in a human colon would be called a(n)________ polyp.

A protein is identified that starts a signal cascade leading to the activation of a gene that promotes cell division.This protein is coded for by a

The binding of a growth factor to a receptor protein on the surface of a cell results in signal transduction that affects gene expression in the cell.

Examine the following diagram.The Y-shaped anticancer antibodies in the diagram do not cause cell death in healthy cells because healthy cells do not

Examine the following diagram.Which is most likely to have occurred in panel 2,depicting tumor formation?

Tumor suppressor proteins ________ cell division.

The fact that the human genome contains proto-oncogenes means that

For a virus to reproduce,it must insert its DNA into the host cell's genome,sometimes leading to activation of host cell genes.Which of the following host cell genes,when activated,would most likely result in cancer?

For cancer to form in the presence of a tumor suppressor gene,which of the following is necessary?

The cells in many late-stage precancerous polyps in the human colon usually contain

Growth factors,which often participate in signal cascades,are typically active

Proto-oncogenes,which produce many of the proteins used in a signal cascade,are found

One reason the Federal Drug Administration recommends Gardasil for males is that the human papillomavirus can cause penile cancer.

Which of the following is NOT true of cell division?

A tumor suppressor is a(n)