Tanisha Was Just Diagnosed with an Aggressive Form of Breast

question 34

Multiple Choice

Tanisha was just diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer called Her-2/neu.The cancer started because

• A) she has a deletion in the BRCA1 gene that is found in African-American and Ashkenazi Jewish women.
• B) her affected breast cells have many extra receptors for epidermal growth factor, and so they receive too many signals to divide.
• C) her affected cells have extra genes for epidermal growth factor, sending signals for the cells to divide too frequently.
• D) a translocation occurred between chromosomes 7 and 8, generating and activating a breast-specific oncogene.
• E) fusion proteins dot the surfaces of her affected breast cells, which attract carcinogens.

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