Incident Rate - Answers Number of new cases of a disease reported during a specific time
period
Prevalence Rate - Answers Proportion of population affected by a disease at specific point in
time
Colon Cancer - Answers Second most common type of cancer in US
Metastasis - Answers Most deadly characteristic of malignant tumors
Adenocarcinomas - Answers Cancer of glandular structures
Carcinoma in situ (CIS) - Answers Preinvasive epithelial tissue of glandular or squamous cell
origin, localized to epithelium have not penetrated basement membrane
Increase - Answers Fraction of individuals that develop cancer _____ with age.
Wound Healing - Answers Process of development of cancer is similar to what?
Proto-oncogenes - Answers Regulate normal cellular proliferation
TP53 - Answers Loss of this leads to increased mutation rates and cancer
Cervix and hepatocellular - Answers Cancers accounting for approximately 80% of virus linked
cancers
Stage 3 Cancer - Answers Stage of cancer where it has spread to regional structures
Tumor Markers - Answers Found in blood, spinal fluid, or urine that include hormones, enzymes,
genes, antigens, and antibodies
Peak times in growth - Answers When are cancers in childhood often diagnosed
Acute Leukemia - Answers What cancer is down syndrome associated with
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBC) - Answers Strongest association of virus-linked cancer in children
Pulmonary Semilunar Valve - Answers Blood leaves the right ventricle through
Aortic Semilunar Valve - Answers Blood leaves the left ventricle through
Exceeds - Answers The semilunar valves open when the intraventricular pressure _____ aortic
and pulmonary pressures.
Left Anterior descending artery - Answers Supplies blood to portions of left and right ventricles
and much of the interventricular septum