Cell Biol Chapter 18 outline
Cancer
A) characteristics of cancer cells
1) growth
a) loss of contact inhibition
b) loss of cell aggregation
2) changes in cell surface
3) appearence
4) secretion of “unusual” proteins
B) causes of cancer
1) chemical
2) physical
3) biological
a) retroviruses
b) DNA tumor viruses
c) oncogenes
- p60
- p53
C) control/prevention