If colon cancers could be prevented by intervening in the earliest molecular changes during multi-hit progression, the molecule you would target for intervention would be:

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

For a chemotherapeutic drug to be useful for treating cancer cells, which of the following characteristics is most desirable?

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Vinblastine is a standard chemotherapeutic drug used to treat cancer. Because it interferes with the assembly of microtubules, its effectiveness must be related to

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Cells from advanced malignant tumors often have very abnormal chromosomes and an abnormal number of chromosomes. What might explain the association between malignant tumors and chromosomal abnormalities?

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

One difference between cancer cells and normal cells is that cancer cells

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following correctly describes a Philadelphia chromosome?

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

In a healthy eukaryotic cell, the rate of DNA repair is typically equal to the rate of DNA mutation. When the rate of repair lags behind the rate of mutation, what is a possible fate of the cell?