Mutation/Cancer

How do doctors name what type of cancer someone has? 

• Where it begins
• Where it ends
• The area that has the most cancer
• The area that has the least cancer

What is cancer?

• The heart does not receive enough blood.
• Sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain.
• Blood filled weak spot.
• Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.

Which phrase best describes a common characteristic of all cancers?

• absence of cyclins
• damaged DNA
• uncontrolled cell growth
• inherited from parents

An abnormal mass of cancer cells is called a 

• tumor
• cyst
• lesion
• polyp

Activities or choices that will affect your health.

• lifestyle factors
• biogenetics
• healthy choices
• habits

Using drugs or medicines to destroy cancer cells.

• chemotherapy
• radiation therapy
• cancer surgery
• mitotic spindling

Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting

• the cell cycle
• red blood cell formation
• DNA replication
• ATP synthesis

Cancer harms the body by destroying healthy body tissues.

• True
• False

the uncontrolled division of cells that results in malignant growth 

• tissues
• cancer
• mitosis
• anaphase

Cancer harms the body by destroying healthy body tissues.

• True
• False