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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

what does CAF stand for

Back (Answer)

carcinoma associated fibroblast

#2
Front (Question)

what does TAM stand for

Back (Answer)

tumor associated macrophage

#3
Front (Question)

are tumors homogenous populations of cells

Back (Answer)

no

#4
Front (Question)

cancer is a disease of —

Back (Answer)

tissues

#5
Front (Question)

normal cells form the —, the supportive connective tissue of the tumor

Back (Answer)

stroma

#6
Front (Question)

stromal cells are — in origin (cell type)

Back (Answer)

mesenchymal

#7
Front (Question)

many signalling processes seen in tumor progression also occur in — —-

Back (Answer)

wound healing

#8
Front (Question)

what does EMT stand for

Back (Answer)

epithelial to mesenchymal transition

#9
Front (Question)

what does MET stand for

Back (Answer)

mesenchymal to epithelial transition

#10
Front (Question)

— promote epithelial cells to move/metastasize

Back (Answer)

CAFs

#11
Front (Question)

—- recruits fibroblasts and macrophages which become CAFs and TAMs, form tumor stroma, and promote angiogenesis

Back (Answer)

PDGF

#12
Front (Question)

PDGF recruits — and — (immune cells)

Back (Answer)

fibroblasts and macrophages

#13
Front (Question)

fibroblasts and macrophages recruited by carcinoma PDGF become — and —

Back (Answer)

CAFs and TAMs

#14
Front (Question)

fibroblasts and macrophages recruited by carcinoma PDGF form the tumor —-

Back (Answer)

stroma

#15
Front (Question)

fibroblasts and macrophages recruited by carcinoma PDGF promote — (but leaky capillaries)

Back (Answer)

angiogenesis

#16
Front (Question)

true or false: an individual’s immune system is able to distinguish between the individual’s cells and foreign cells

Back (Answer)

true

#17
Front (Question)

true or false: an individual’s immune system is able to distinguish between the individual’s normal cells and the individual’s cancer cells

Back (Answer)

true

#18
Front (Question)

immune system cells can be “typed” by — markers

Back (Answer)

CD

#19
Front (Question)

what does CD markers stand for

Back (Answer)

cluster of differentiation markers

#20
Front (Question)

where are CD markers in the cell

Back (Answer)

they are cell surface proteins

#21
Front (Question)

which immunity? recognition of general molecular patterns or motifs in pathogens but absent from hosts, also damage or death associated molecules

Back (Answer)

innate

#22
Front (Question)

which immunity? highly specific, capable of distinguishing between molecules or regions of molecules that differ only slightly

Back (Answer)

adaptive

#23
Front (Question)

which immunity? many families with few members of highly conserved receptors

Back (Answer)

innate

#24
Front (Question)

which immunity? extremely diverse repertoires of T cell and B cell antigen receptors

Back (Answer)

adaptive