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one more neoplasm q... - ksayona
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a young enthusiastic research assistant was working on a study to determine which tumor shows mutations due to deletion of genetic material after undergoing mutliple cell divisions in a culture. He came up with a hypothesis which showed that the following tumor had an increased activity of certain enzyme that prevented the aforementioned type of mutation...

1. gastric cell rest in a meckel diverticulum
2. capillary hemangioma
3. infiltrating ductal ca of breast
4. cervical ca in situ
5. tubular adenoma
6. lipoma
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#2
6 lipoma b/c it is benign [guess]
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#3
it is telomerase related?
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#4
only malignant have high telomarase.

so ans 3 infiltrating ca of breast
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#5
yup ur right...high telomerase activity in malignancy!
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